Oh man, how embarrasing. (Uncle Tony/Nick's Garage)

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He just did a live feed about it. I’m still hoping he figures it out and gets a good 250hp or better. Not sure how much life is left in it, but I’ll say if he can get at least two summer seasons beating the crap out of then it’s a win.

If you listen carefully at the start I can’t give you the time where he lays it all out he mentions where UT tells him if you want x amount of subscribers do this . I know they make their bread and butter from this but it’s left a sour taste in my mouth , I’ve reached out to this guy to try and get him connected with racereplicar 43 to help him out but he is hell bent with Tony and Nick to sort this **** out . **** it ! sit back and see what the out come is on this or how this will come out because believe me there will be a take 2 on this **** . Sad thing is he seems like a genuine guy caught up in The middle of this. When I heard how much he had spent straight away I thought he could of got a decent mill from blue print for the coin he spent Don't get me wrong I really enjoy Nick With his vids ,Tony who’s just too a bit feral But I have watched many vids but this one was pretty hard to watch . My 5c as 2 c doesn't exist. As said click baits $$$$
 
If the purpose was to show what NOT to do, then they succeeded. His cursing at the owner and blaming him for everything says alot about his character.
 
Damage control this morning (again):

No clean up on that block. Tony is digging gunge out of the rocker hold down holes with his pocket screwdriver. He is grease up to his elbows. What a comedy of errors from the start.
 
No clean up on that block. Tony is digging gunge out of the rocker hold down holes with his pocket screwdriver. He is grease up to his elbows. What a comedy of errors from the start.
Well his "garage" is a mini storage bay with no water, lol. I'm guessing there would at least be a carwash close by
 
Well his "garage" is a mini storage bay with no water, lol. I'm guessing there would at least be a carwash close by
I don't have much for facilities either but everything was cleaned and cleaned again when I put mine together. But, I wasn't building a junkyard engine either.

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I used to read Tony's ramblings when he was a writer. Good entertainment, like his UTG shows are now. Have done budget MoPar builds myself since 1985, and also some pretty expensive/detailed ones. Some of the BB ones include: a '75 Imperial motor (440) that was run so hot the pistons "shrunk" and the tops were eroded away. I was between high school and college (no money), but I worked at the Chry/Ply dealer, and they were closing out the B/RB parts at Chrysler. Remember the 452 heads everyone was selling new and touting as the "best" head available for like $500 in the late '80s? They were $30 each, 440 cast cranks: $30, 400 cast cranks: $15, std. 440 pistons: $2 dealer cost to clear them out. I bought as much of these goodies as I could, and used the 8 pistons and 1 crank in the '75 440. Used it with a .455" Purple Shaft in my first truck, a '70 Camper Special D200. Then later when I got a '86 D250, I sold the '70 and kept the motor. Put a 302H Crane Commander in it with some 915 heads and stuck it in a (5300lb NHRA scales with me inside) '76 Gran Fury wagon, and it ran low 15s (3.21 gears) in the 1/4mi, never shifting to high gear. BUT it was spotlessly cleaned and had new cam bearings and verified lifter preload. Took another Imperial motor (1971) with dished cast pistons and steel crank, and put a new Street Hemi 280/.474" cam in with Crane springs and ran 8.20s in the 1/8mi in a friends '67 Coronet (3.91 gears). All cleaned-up and assembled right, shifting at 5400rpm. Cheap should be parts selection/deals and self-labor, not hurrying and skipping steps. I agree Lunar should have spent that week he had to get ready cleaning the parts instead of hacking at plenum dividers and drooling over LS motors to buy and stuff in GS Buicks and Ram pickups (???)! SMH
 
How can anyone watch these dumper pumpers. I've seen bums prop up structures on the side of the freeway that were more sound than this 8 hole trash can.
Maybe next episode the fan will come off and give someone a haircut.
 
Damage control this morning (again):


Jesus, I was sort of liking his demeanor at first but alas , I do not and never have been one to suffer fools gladly. He's exposed himself as a true ignorant democrat. Shifting the blame onto everyone and everything but himself. Look at the video with the cherrypicked footage of him commenting on how dirty it is. Sorry but YOU are the leader of this **** show--YOU are the self professed, wise -all knowing mechanic/engine GURU. It was up to YOU to say hold it time out--screw this crap, we gotta do it right. YOU didn't say that because you thought you knew more than you actually did and now you and the whole Youtube world can see it.Hindsight is always 20/20. I like how he says at the end of this obvious damage control video like Bighead440 says--"If I were you Nick I'd pull the plug on this" This tells me a few things. Maybe Nick has the turd in his posession and plans to test it all corrected. Maybe Tony knows even when all corrected it will still be a pile of crap. Maybe UT doesn't like being exposed for the hack that he obviously is. Maybe UT should change his flippant attitude and persue a different and less self righteous path. Yes I'm pissed especially after reading the comments of blatant and blind support for this hackery--People are actually convinced UT did no wrong and I hate when there is no accountability. My feet are constantly being held to the fire while fools like this get a free pass. J.Rob
 
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Jesus, I was sort of liking his demeanor at first but alas , I do not and never have been one to suffer fools gladly. He's exposed himself as a true ignorant democrat. Shifting the blame onto everyone and everything but himself. Look at the video with the cherrypicked footage of him commenting on how dirty it is. Sorry but YOU are the leader of this **** show--YOU are the self professed, wise -all knowing mechanic/engine GURU. It was up to YOU to say hold it time out--screw this crap, we gotta do it right. YOU didn't say that because you thought you knew more than you actually did and now you and the whole Youtube world can see it hindsight is always 20/20. I like how he says at the end of this obvious damage control video like Bighead440 says--"If I were you Nick I'd pull the plug on this" This tells me a few things. Maybe Nick has the turd in his posession and plans to test it all corrected. Maybe Tony knows even when all corrected it will still be a pile of crap. Maybe UT doesn't like being exposed for the hack that he obviously is. Maybe UT should change his flippant attitude and persue a different and less self righteous path. Yes I'm pissed especially after reading the comments of blatant and blind support for this hackery--People are actually convinced UT did no wrong and I hate when there is no accountability. My feet are constantly being held to the fire while fools like this get a free pass. J.Rob

Sad thing is, dirt aside, they missed the #1 silent killer of LA oil pressure: CAM BEARINGS. It's a real thing! They blamed the oil pump? That's rookie logic, like the ignition coil being "bad" when there is no spark. Then they said "lifter cup height" which they said is due to "AMC" lifters, which is really what we've been using for years in pretty much any aftermarket LA engine build. If the preload was off due to "thicker than stock shim, composite gaskets", they could have slipped some simple .080" common lash caps on the valve tips and got close to .060" effective pushrod "length" back. I posted the cam bearing theory and the lash cap advice on Lunar's, Nick's and UTG's live streams and regular video post comments, but instead they are buying different lifters (after the perfectly good "AMC" lifters are already mated to the cam) and a host of pushrod/rocker parts to blueprint the valvetrain on a BUDGET engine to get: OIL PRESSURE. SMH
 
Also, I went back and watched Nick's Garage's episode with his teardown and analysis, and saw him clearly state the rocker arm shaft was BACKWARDS, not "upside down" like Tony and that John guy so vehemently denied installing "upside down." Like they didn't even know that the oil holes need to be down and towards the exhaust port (load) side. They had it turned around where the holes faced the intake face, which still oiled, but not as Chrysler intended.

 
Sad thing is, dirt aside, they missed the #1 silent killer of LA oil pressure: CAM BEARINGS. It's a real thing! They blamed the oil pump? That's rookie logic, like the ignition coil being "bad" when there is no spark. Then they said "lifter cup height" which they said is due to "AMC" lifters, which is really what we've been using for years in pretty much any aftermarket LA engine build. If the preload was off due to "thicker than stock shim, composite gaskets", they could have slipped some simple .080" common lash caps on the valve tips and got close to .060" effective pushrod "length" back. I posted the cam bearing theory and the lash cap advice on Lunar's, Nick's and UTG's live streams and regular video post comments, but instead they are buying different lifters (after the perfectly good "AMC" lifters are already mated to the cam) and a host of pushrod/rocker parts to blueprint the valvetrain on a BUDGET engine to get: OIL PRESSURE. SMH

I don't want to nit pick but the number one killer of oil pressure in the LA is worn out lifter bores and or lifter oil band exposure. Screwed cam bearings apply to all engines not just the LA. Their oil pressure problem is not the damn pushrod cup height. J.Rob
 
Also, I went back and watched Nick's Garage's episode with his teardown and analysis, and saw him clearly state the rocker arm shaft was BACKWARDS, not "upside down" like Tony and that John guy so vehemently denied installing "upside down." Like they didn't even know that the oil holes need to be down and towards the exhaust port (load) side. They had it turned around where the holes faced the intake face, which still oiled, but not as Chrysler intended.



I even read a UT comment where is says it is not possible to install upside down. Ok then. J.Rob
 
I don't want to nit pick but the number one killer of oil pressure in the LA is worn out lifter bores and or lifter oil band exposure. Screwed cam bearings apply to all engines not just the LA. Their oil pressure problem is not the damn pushrod cup height. J.Rob

I personally have repaired many SBMs that had wiped out cam bearings and no oil pressure. Several had previous attempts (in frame) to put crank bearings in, and one had a complete crank kit installed, new oil pumps yet still no oil pressure HOT. Replaced the cam bearings and NOTHING else (just cleaned and new gaskets) and had normal pressure. I can believe the lifter thing, as I have seen HP motors with oil band exposure issues (reduced base circle and/or unskirted rollers/dumbell lifters), but I don't think it's the issue here. I have thought before that maybe the LA having two bearings supplying oil (albeit to one bank each) overhead might amplify the problem compared to a B motor, and also the smaller rear bearing, but I don't know if either thing is a real factor. All they need is some lash caps if their length measurements are correct and they are truly on a "budget," but there is little or no oil pressure loss there. If it was, how could any AMC run solid lifters with overhead oiling??? SMH
 
If they were as smart as they think, they would realize that those "amc" style lifters used in a magnum, oil through the pushrods, and somehow those engines dont magically loose oil pressure because of it. Common sense is way more rare that a YouTube hack channel these days
 
As far as I'm concerned the 318 needs an autopsy, a complete teardown and clean before going forward without UT. Then maybe it can become something.
 
If they were as smart as they think, they would realize that those "amc" style lifters used in a magnum, oil through the pushrods, and somehow those engines dont magically loose oil pressure because of it. Common sense is way more rare that a YouTube hack channel these days
I looked up the AMC and Mopar lifters. Same number for Melling and Sealed Power. I'm thinking something else is fubar with the oil pressure. If the lifters were the issue, every hydraulic cam small block on the planet would have the same problem.
 
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I thought they were putting this thing together outdoors? I could have better results built outdoors, but I dont use YouTube for an income.
 
My question for tony is, if you were so concerned about it being clean why not tell they guy to go to the dollar store, buy some detergent, brushes and give him directions to the nearest car wash?

IMO, Nick is the only one who has any creditability after this debacle. His job was to dyno the engine, not tear it down and fix it.
 
My question for tony is, if you were so concerned about it being clean why not tell they guy to go to the dollar store, buy some detergent, brushes and give him directions to the nearest car wash?

IMO, Nick is the only one who has any creditability after this debacle. His job was to dyno the engine, not tear it down and fix it.
That eats away at the cigarette budget.

Jake
 
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