heres some photos. u can see the quality difference between a eagle and gm crank. not to mention the custom swiss cheeze job on the crank i pulled out
lol.

 

swiss cheese is yucko

eagle pretty : drool :

 

Someone had to take a lot of mass off that thing for some reason.

 

practice? lol or another method called lightening up the assembly.

 

U had a F**d Lightning crank in there?

 

Damn, what a difference, makes me want one now. GM sh*t sucks.

 

well after purchasing new main bearings. and test fitting the crankshaft, thier is one little corner of the block that the crankshaft does not clear. its along the oil pan rail, rear of the block, the counterweight of the crankshaft comes in contact with the block at the corners of either side of the counterweight, not sure how much i wuold need to clear on the block to make it slide by. ive got about a lil under a 1/4" from the oil pan bolt hole to the end of the block. think its safe to file the block closer to the hole? iw ould hate to have oil leaking issues. or should i have the shop chop up my crank to make it fit, while they are balancing it all?

 

just have the shop clearance the block.

 

Have the shop take care of it,that it way it'll be warrantied.That would suck to get everything together just to find out ya ruined something.

 

I second that.

 

I just clearenced the block today, easiest thing in the world. all you are *******, or have never done it before. lol . bout as easy as changing oil, no wait.. its easier then that cuz you dont gotta crawl under the car. took all of 5 minutes once i prepped it.


jesse, i gotta stop doubting you!

 

Sweet bish, way to save some money. Now you will have to do mine someday.

 

hey guys, assembled the engine to check for clearence, here is some pics what its gonna look like when its done. i have to now dissasemble it again so i can send it away for balancing. just had to make sure no rod bolts were gonna hit the cam.

 

paint that ugly engine

 

ill get to it. dont worry, once i tear it apart again.

 

Travis, Check fit your pan now. I had to pound the stock pan out and the bolt near the notch was hard to start.
Don't forget the rotating assembly does stretch (very little) at high RPM's so be sure you have some extra clearance.

Looks good so far!

 

everything does clear good, thier is a little place where the damn counterweight at the back rubs against the pan, so im gonna have to beat the pan out haha. thanks for the tips dwayne!

 

You don't have a timing set on in the pictures. Did you check for clearance with the timing set installed?

 

im doing that tonight. thanks for the pointer though.

 

Did you hurt your last engine, or just upgrading? What cid, heads, cam, and what size shot are you going to throw at it?
btw I might cruise to tahoe, the paints falling off my car at exponential speed so every one elses cars will look great in comparison, I won't charge much for the photo ops!

 

if you read to my left here, thats my engine im building as shown in the pics above.

my last engine had a rod break and piston explode.

 

Oh ***, I'm blind Nitrous is a great rotating assembly test

 

whoa! they censored the word G.O.D? Thats offensive? do they censor ala, budda, ra, or cow? Can anyone say religious oppression?

 

Damn, looking good Travis. What color are you going to paint it? Don't tell me fairy red, lol? Anyway, hope to see it all up and running soon, good luck, oh and I get the first ride bish.

 

i bought some vht high temp silver paint to help match all the aluminum components.

 

Are you going to clear coat it too?I did my old 355 in Chevy orange and clear coated it and it looked awsome.I have a pic somewhere.

 

i wasnt going to, should i? is thier a vht high temp clear ?

 

Vht makes high temp primer,base and clear for engines.

 

i guess ill prime it too then/

 

Silver should look nice, glad to hear you are not going to go with red. Clearing it will look sweet and give it that wet look, plus it will be easier to clean up and keep clean over all, like a clear coat on your car.

 

Dear Travis,

I was rethinking your sig line.
I think you should put some of the main items back in your 'lil sig. pic to decrease that unsightly paragraph below your avatar, thereby shrinking the amount of space each reply of yours leaves.
Possibly advertise that mean 383/HSR/heads/cam
Just a thought.

Sincerely,

- Del

p.s. - the silver is a good idea, any color really, just to renew that old underhood of yours.

 

Happy?

 

 

Yeah,that does look much better.It was hard on the eyes when it was under your avitar.

 

your eyes are weak.

 

Much better bish, I told you your replies were way to damn long. Glad to hear I am not the only one who had a problem.

 

it angered me as well