This week, Davin wraps up our three-part mini-series on prepping an engine block for the machine shop. In the first episode, Davin taught you how to read micrometers. In the second episode, we put those skills to the test when measuring the cylinder bores of our current Redline Rebuild project. This third and final episode is an explanation of what we discovered in the previous episode, tips on cleaning up the engine block, and what the machine shop will want to know.
Ep. 1 – How to read micrometers:
Ep. 2 – Measuring Cylinder Bores:
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bro… I really like your channel, if you can put subtitles at least in English, I'm Brazilian and it makes it easier for us to watch your videos
This was very helpful thanks man 👍
Davin . Block shown with the crack one end to the other is a candidate for a boat anchor. 🧐
I got a 350 rocket engine that I'm in the process of tearing down and doing so I'm just finding more and more rust. Plus at this point I'm trying to save as much money and labor on it. This definitely helps a bunch too
Was that a stove bolt 6 block with the nasty crack?
The ultimate drinking game is going through Davin's videos and taking a drink every time he says "relative to." Great videos Hagerty, keep it up:)
“Lock N Stitch Inc” company couldn’t fix that block?
Not saying this to be argumentative but Oven Cleaner works better for cleaning blocks and heads, the cheap stuff at like dollar tree works better than the name brands, give it a try ????
Davin should have his own TV show. He'd draw big numbers.
The thing to remember is every diminution you cut comes off the center of the crank even on a stock rebuild. The quickest and best way to pick up free horse power ( even in a stock rebuild ) is always aline bore the main caps no matter what. Yeah I know it might not need it, but if you just automatically cut the caps & do it, every other machine operation will come out dead nuts on the money because everything comes off that fresh cut center line . The main reason I say this is, how many times has that block been cycled cold to hot back to cold? and how many times has it been over heated to move the main webs in said block ? In most cases you have no idea, so it's always a very good idea to aline bore the main caps if you don't know the history of the block even on a stock rebuild. It's just a good thing to do and it's not really all that expensive.