At last work on the new engine has started.
Having ordered everything back in August after destroying the old engine thanks to a MSD failure work has started on the new engine. Dave Powell from Performance unlimited has I think been very patient with me. Dave carried out all the machine work on the new Ford Motorsport Block. The block came with a Standard Bore size of 4.3". I've gone for a 4.5" bore which has meant that the block has had to be bored 6 times. I've gone this route because if we hurt the engine again it ca be bore bigger, if I had gone 4.6" bore then any damage and its more or less a new sleeve. Although the main machine work was done by Dave this is still a brand new raw block. So after spending thousands on the block and machine work I had to take a blunt chisel and hammer to it. Then it was hours of using a die grinder. The 2 main area's to look at were the oil ways and get rid of all the edges left from the casting process.
1. The oil ways: The idea is to smooth out the path in and out of the oil way.
2. The edges: This is the help eliminate the points where cracks can start as well as getting rid off any sharp jagged edges that we could cut our selves on.
Having ordered everything back in August after destroying the old engine thanks to a MSD failure work has started on the new engine. Dave Powell from Performance unlimited has I think been very patient with me. Dave carried out all the machine work on the new Ford Motorsport Block. The block came with a Standard Bore size of 4.3". I've gone for a 4.5" bore which has meant that the block has had to be bored 6 times. I've gone this route because if we hurt the engine again it ca be bore bigger, if I had gone 4.6" bore then any damage and its more or less a new sleeve. Although the main machine work was done by Dave this is still a brand new raw block. So after spending thousands on the block and machine work I had to take a blunt chisel and hammer to it. Then it was hours of using a die grinder. The 2 main area's to look at were the oil ways and get rid of all the edges left from the casting process.
1. The oil ways: The idea is to smooth out the path in and out of the oil way.
2. The edges: This is the help eliminate the points where cracks can start as well as getting rid off any sharp jagged edges that we could cut our selves on.
