alright did some work yesterday, took the old pistons off the rods, cleaned up the rods, cleaned up the cam, cleaned up the crank, cleaned the inside of the oil pan, cleaned up the rear main seal housing. hoping to clean more up this weekend, but hunting season and schoolwork has been getting in the way.

 

Nice work, dude! Keep it up, it'll come together when everything 'lines up', ya know? I know, you're on a time crunch,... just keep at it as often as you can, ya know?

 

yea im really excited to have this thing done but im trying not to rush things and half ass it, i wanna do it the right way the first time and not have to tear it down again

 

got some updates, first off i called a machine shop and im getting my head chaved .16 thousandths for $65 . but did alot of work yesterday, got the block and oil pan degreased, cleaned up the oil pump, painted oil pan, bagged up and organized all the bolts, and honed the cylinders. mom picked up some assembly lube and plastigage for me today. i have a question, is it necessary to plastigage it for the thrust washers?

 

Looks like you are making great progress. You will get it. Looking good. High school will be over sooner then you think and time flies after that.

 

Way to go, man! Excited for ya! Can't wait til you're 'ROLLIN-ROLLIN-ROLLIN-ROLLINNNNN' lol.

 

thanks guys, im getting really excited to have this engine done, then its finishing the lift and getting a new transfercase mount since mine is really worn out, it was a pain to get the motor separated from the trans

 

got a question, since im shaving the head 16 thousandths do i have to get a adjustable cam gear or would i be fine with the stock one?

 

Call Putney's, 86........ They sell them and, well, not to pick on LCE, but while they also have one, they're knowledge base just via the sales dudes(helpful as they are) is like night and day, if ya get my meaning? lol. 22reperformance.com and get the number and make it quick, just to avoid keeping them on the phone too long, ya know? Jim or Brother will let you know the limits on that, not try to sell you anything due to your sitch, etc., ya know? But if you need one, ....they've got that, too. Ya know? I thought it was 10thousandths in the 'limit' arena... but I'm just guessing, so I'm interested to see what they say.

XXXtreme had his shaved... but he'd have to stop by here and letcha know how much he shaved it..... and HE DOES have the adjustable timing gear, btw.

 

ok thanks, ill ask him about it

 

My buddy had 10thousandths taken off the block, not head... and he does NOT have the Adjustable timing gear... I was remembering a post he made where he put up a pic of it, saying, "woot, 22reperformance.com now has these ____" linking to the putney's adjustable gear.

He said he shaved it to increase compression as, well, boring out .20 over actually LOWERS compression from stock, ya know?

Best wishes, ...keep us updated!

 

mine is only being shavevd .16

 

I really cant answer that. Probably something I wouldnt of thought of. I had to have mine shaved and dont know how much it was. No problems. But thanks for the info. It could of bitten me in the butt.

Glad you brought it up.

 

got the head back today, its soo purdy lol, got shaved .14, do i have to have aadjstable timing gear? i wanna try and save the $100 for oil and stuff like that, i would rather not have to buy it but if it will cause problems i guess i dont have a choice. so do i have to have a adjustable timing gear?

 

Check out this post by Engine Builder (Ted) in it he explains the cam timing thing hope this helps.

http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showfl...&o=all&fpart=1

 

Thought I told ya, Homie,......... "Call 22reperformance.com, talk to Jim or call engnbldr.com and talk to Tod..... they'll tell you in seconds. Just have all the specs for the entire motor handy(how much shaved off the head/deck, etc.)"..... right? lol. Give em a call, or send an email to Engnbldr Pops(Tod doesn't answer them very quickly, he's very busy... Another reason not to keep him on the phone, 'be prepared with your info', hahaha).. Tod's dad, Ted, is 'ted@engnbldr.com", pretty sure. Just go to the engnbldr.com site and look on the bottom left, 'contact info'.

Glad it's coming along, 86

 

here are a couple pics from after i got the head back. also set the valve cover on it for the hell of it. picked up a rollbar for it too. probly gonna be replacing all teh valve seals and cleaning up and lapping the valves tomorrow.

 

also dont mind the blood on the floor, its form deer hunting lol

 

this is turning out great man. been wanting to do a rebiuld myself and this is a little motivation. lol hope all goes well ill be checkin it out! also size on the buck?

 

well out og the 3 deer we skinned in there mine was a 20 inch wide fork, my dads was a small 3 point, and my buddys was a monster 4x5