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Day 6

I had some free time today so I decided to attack the motor I just got back from Berco Automotive.

I have to repaint the block as there were a bunch of spots where the chemical bath took paint off. Also you can see the nice job they did on boring out the cylinders to fit the pistons perfectly. I test fitted them and oh it couldn't be any better.



I flipped it over and started on the bottom. I took out the brace and started placing Amsoil Assembly Lube on all bearing seats, bearing and crankshaft too.


Bearing are in.



Slid the crankshaft in and gave it a spin. Once again a perfect fit as you see the excess lube get placed in the center of the lobes.



Installed the ARP Main Studs by hand only. I had to undo the nuts once I torqued it down because the studs were still to high. So I just cranked them down further to the point were they stop. I figured they would stop gently but that isn't the case for clearance.


Put the Bearings in the Brace and dropped it into the block holding down the Crankshaft.



Installed the new water pump.


This is a picture of the CFM Balance Shaft delete half installed. I need to get some Red Loctite. Also this is a picture of the ARP Studs in the proper position and torqued to 60 FT LBS in the preload process using the special grease on the studs ARP provides.


Just Lubed the walls of the cylinders for the pistons to slide nicely in. The lube I use will break down in oil so no need for saying I shouldn't have done that step...


Supertech 8.1 Piston on a Eagle H-Beam Connecting Rod. And yes the pistons are used. From the information I have on them, Top Speed Performance used them on a car to do a few dyno runs and then took it apart to prove a point for some reason. I had them checked out and they are, "A OK".




That's it for today. I didn't install the pistons yet because I wanted to get the Red Loctite for the bolts on the connecting rods just incase...