If you missed the last Issue (which I just posted today) of "The Poor Mans 427". You may want to take a look! Here is the link to "The Poor Mans 427" Balancing Act!
http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182/thread/1130170238/Balancing+Act+on+%26quot%3BThe+Poor+Mans+427%26quot%3B
If you thought that was the Sh@#, then this is King of Sh@# LOL! This killer issue and we are going to show how we get the block ready for Assembly.
Hang on and here we go..........
Here we have a Blueprint pump for our Srap Iron project.
The gasket on the left is for the blueprint pump and the right is for a standard pump. I painted the hole Black and traced it out using the gasket!
Here you can see yours truly working on the Block for the oil pump!
Now we are going to open up the Hole in the side of the Block. We used a 7/16 Drill bite. I think its up for the challenge LOL.
Here is the before.
Here is the After. It looks better in real then in this picture LOL.
This is the Ater picture on the oil hole. WOW am I good or what LOL? I would go for the what, If I where you LOL!
Now you want to do the same thing to your Main Bearings. You want to line up the oil holes with the bearings. No need to paint it now LOL.
Here is a picture of an ole 352. You can see here that the Bearing hole was covered up about 1/2 way!
Here you want to open up the oil return holes in the valley. You May be asking why??? Ya we might lose some H/P but we want that oil for our lifters. We want as much of the oil to return to the oil pan as possible.
The one on the left is open up. It has a D shape to it. The one on the right is untouched. All the holes did get finished off like the one on the left did!
The front drain back is in a tear drop shape & its flush with the valley floor.
Here the Cylender has a sharp edge to it. We are going to knock all 8 holes LOL!
Here is what it looks like after we knock down the Sharp edges.
Here you can see Bill cleaning out all the oil passages in the block. This is very important thing to do!
You dont want this in your new engine LOL!
Next we was it in the hot tank. Once its done then you rise it down and air it off.
Next we coat it to keep it from rusting on us.
I hope that you enjoyed this issue of "The Poor Mans 427". If you have any Q's Please call me at 541-882-5177 or Cell 541-331-1484. You can shoot me an email as well kwadams@charter.net
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