BRD st185 hoping for 400bhp now mapped at 397bhp 370ft/lbs
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yes any 1 can do the porting just need to take you time and do a bit at a time so you don’t take too much off anything, need to mark everything up to see just how far you can’t port things out, all id used was a dremel and got all the cutting and grinding bits off eBay 
as for cleaning I have a big tank full of paraffin and clean everything in that as it pretty cheap to buy, then I use brake and clutch cleaner to was any then ells left on.
as for cleaning I have a big tank full of paraffin and clean everything in that as it pretty cheap to buy, then I use brake and clutch cleaner to was any then ells left on.not rely done much this weekend, but got eh flywheel and crank back
the flywheel has been lightened and balanced you can see where it has been refaced for the friction plate
and here you can see where it has been lightened and balanced
and the crank has been balanced to they said it was way out of balance so good job I had it done, you can see where they have drilled it out to balance it up
I have now all so weighed all the rods and piston to mach them all up and as you can see all the pistons weighed the same and so do the rods
now all i have to do is put it all back to gether
the flywheel has been lightened and balanced you can see where it has been refaced for the friction plate
and here you can see where it has been lightened and balanced
and the crank has been balanced to they said it was way out of balance so good job I had it done, you can see where they have drilled it out to balance it up
I have now all so weighed all the rods and piston to mach them all up and as you can see all the pistons weighed the same and so do the rods
now all i have to do is put it all back to gether
ok so I lied lol went out and did a bit more
using the pastigauge I fitted the bearings and crank,
here you can see the plastigauge
then torque everything down
then take capos off to see how much the plastigauge has spread
then using the gauge see if everything is to tolerance
and every thing looks fine to me all with in tolerance so i refitted all the caps and torqued evvery thing back up
now its ready to have the conroads and pistons fitted next weekend
using the pastigauge I fitted the bearings and crank,
here you can see the plastigauge
then torque everything down
then take capos off to see how much the plastigauge has spread
then using the gauge see if everything is to tolerance
and every thing looks fine to me all with in tolerance so i refitted all the caps and torqued evvery thing back up
now its ready to have the conroads and pistons fitted next weekend
Meurz":1a00qu0a said:Mixert, did you happen to weigh the crank as well? I'm curious to know how much that weighs on itself.
no dident think of doing that but its not light lol
did a bit tonight got all the pistons fitted to the rods
and fitted the new oil pump
with any luck ishould have the block all built back up by the end of the weekend
right we had a very good day to day with the help of Dug and Rich big thanks to both of you,
the fist mod of the day was to fit a latch to the shed door as it was flowing open all the time with the wind, so as in good old mixer moding style I did this
1 turbo gasket later
then it was onto the build, we started by gaping up all the rings for each piston
here you can see the ring being fitted into the block so that we can use the feeler gauges to check the gap
the rings needed the gaps setting so got the gap setting tool out
then repeat for the rest of the pistons
after all the ring gaps were set up build up the pistons and install into block
after all the pistons were fitted in to the block then we fitted the ARP head bolts to the block
and fit head and torque down
and you end up with engine block back to gather
so I only have a few bits left to do and that is the block all ready to go back in the car
big thanks to both of you,the fist mod of the day was to fit a latch to the shed door as it was flowing open all the time with the wind, so as in good old mixer moding style I did this
1 turbo gasket later
then it was onto the build, we started by gaping up all the rings for each piston
here you can see the ring being fitted into the block so that we can use the feeler gauges to check the gap
the rings needed the gaps setting so got the gap setting tool out
then repeat for the rest of the pistons
after all the ring gaps were set up build up the pistons and install into block
after all the pistons were fitted in to the block then we fitted the ARP head bolts to the block
and fit head and torque down
and you end up with engine block back to gather
so I only have a few bits left to do and that is the block all ready to go back in the car
thay have been set at
Top Gap .018-.019
Second gap .023-.025
Leave the oil as is.
whitch is what CP www.cppistons.com have told me to set them at
Top Gap .018-.019
Second gap .023-.025
Leave the oil as is.
whitch is what CP www.cppistons.com have told me to set them at
gearhead313
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I wish i had time to do a build like this. Looks good!
