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I will check with a straightedge before the new head goes on , probably be wise to give the block a going over with an oilstone and see if there are any lows.

Blacky wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:01 pm The original block for this ute is in the block pile , time to start chasing piston options and find a good crank I think



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i saw an add for fancy billet cranks on a facebook page yesterday, didn't pay much attention to what page it was though

I can tell you now Miick it won’t be me buying one of them ….. it’s Galloway Engines in Pinjarra that are doing a run of billet cranks at around $4500 a pop

Blacky wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:25 am I can tell you now Miick it won’t be me buying one of them ….. it’s Galloway Engines in Pinjarra that are doing a run of billet cranks at around $4500 a pop

Hey Blacky, its only money

Greg

EK283 wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:57 am

Blacky wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:25 am I can tell you now Miick it won’t be me buying one of them ….. it’s Galloway Engines in Pinjarra that are doing a run of billet cranks at around $4500 a pop

Hey Blacky, its only money

Greg

Yep, better spent elsewhere like on forced induction

Blacky wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:26 pm

EK283 wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:57 am

Blacky wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:25 am I can tell you now Miick it won’t be me buying one of them ….. it’s Galloway Engines in Pinjarra that are doing a run of billet cranks at around $4500 a pop

Hey Blacky, its only money

Greg

Yep, better spent elsewhere like on forced induction

forced induction next thing you'll be saying i should have got one of them cranks

The beauty of forced induction is you don’t need big revs to make power Mick - keep a grey crank under 6000 rpm and it will survive - just need to keep boost at reasonable levels so you don’t end up driving over it

Blacky wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:05 pm The beauty of forced induction is you don’t need big revs to make power Mick - keep a grey crank under 6000 rpm and it will survive - just need to keep boost at reasonable levels so you don’t end up driving over it

but none of that is any fun

Haven’t made any more progress on the ute seeing as I have been away - got the rocker cover back from the polishers though - $50 cash , why would you even bother trying to do it yourself for that sort of money



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Hell yeah, very nice! Now get on with the RR.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Errol62 wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 10:46 am Hell yeah, very nice! Now get on with the RR.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

not for at least a week , working on site until the 14th

Shined up extremely well !!!

Yes a bargain at $50 bucks.

Greg

Picked the head up this arvo , so I cleaned up the deck of the block and scraped all the carbon off the tops of the pistons- found some marks that indicated this motor has eaten something at some point

Cylinders 3 and 4 - explains how the score mark in pot 4 came about…….





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Anyhoo, cleaned it all up , found some cracks in the block between head stud holes and water jackets




Cleaned out the head bolt holes and hoping for the best

Crossed fingers, and a dab of thread sealant.

Cheers,
Harv