12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
The 5.7 hemi rebuild continues. Got the block hot tanked, torque plate honed, and decked. And by that I mean, pressure washed with degreaser in my driveway after honing with a parts store loaner tool, and decked with 220 on a sanding block. If anyone watched Vice Grip garage, you will get that....
The block cleaned up nice. Not seen very well in these photos is where I grinding some casting flash off the block under the lifter bores. The oil from the heads on these engines drains right back to the pan via the drains hole under the cylinders-pretty cool. There's obivsouly some oil from the lifters and there was a decent amount of casing flash stopping a smooth flow of oil back down the center of the block. It gone now. I doubt it will make much difference, but it made sense for me to knock that down while I had it apart.
New rings are ordered. Once they come in I'll start file fitting them, then I'll slam the short block back together.
The 5.7 hemi rebuild continues. Got the block hot tanked, torque plate honed, and decked. And by that I mean, pressure washed with degreaser in my driveway after honing with a parts store loaner tool, and decked with 220 on a sanding block. If anyone watched Vice Grip garage, you will get that....
The block cleaned up nice. Not seen very well in these photos is where I grinding some casting flash off the block under the lifter bores. The oil from the heads on these engines drains right back to the pan via the drains hole under the cylinders-pretty cool. There's obivsouly some oil from the lifters and there was a decent amount of casing flash stopping a smooth flow of oil back down the center of the block. It gone now. I doubt it will make much difference, but it made sense for me to knock that down while I had it apart.
New rings are ordered. Once they come in I'll start file fitting them, then I'll slam the short block back together.