Kinda what I was thinking Dean..but Im pretty sure your "new fangled fancy smanchy" lowers will still be faster than our cinder blocks...lol.

If we ever line em up and you start pulling me....I will just ram you. :evilb:

Correct...we stayed with Reggie for 2 nights...and I got to watch my boat make a 3/4 throttle pass by his house...and then blow up. :eekdrop:

Reggie was in his bedroom when Lil R came by the house...he came running out in his Fountain embroidered bath robe and said "Did you hear that Motherfu..er?!!!....it sure sounded good!!!!" I about fell over laughing.

The man has a passion for boats that just cant be described unless you meet him. Staying with him was one of the highlights of my life.

Youve got to be kidding he actually said that , you guys are funny as hell !!!!!!!

It would have been better if he was naked...and drinking a screwdriver...

True story!!! I was dying laughing!! The entire time we were there he was just want u thot he would be. A man who has a passion for boats like no one I know..but also a guy who is very easy to talk to and made u feel right at home.

What were they doing running your boat without u in it ? I hope you werent in a bathrobe also .

o snap....

Lil R had told us that he wanted to get the boat totally dialed in before we got there...but that did not happen (no fault of his). So they were out on the Pamlico making a few shakedown passes before they picked me up...and we all know what happened next...lol.

As far as me being in a robe....lol...no. But if was 2ft shorter and about 100lbs lighter I assure you I would of been kickin it in one of Reggies race suits...he only has about a hundred hanging in his closet...its like a shrine.

Boy, this thread got off track in a hurry. Let me get it back headed in the right direction.

We have all of the machine work done. We are in the process of preping everything before assembly. Every hole in the block has been bottom tapped (since it has never been done before) This insures us that all of the threads are good and clean and they go all the way to the bottom of the hole. When the block is made, they use a starting tap to thread the holes. The first 5-6 threads are chamfered and are not full threads so the tap will cut easier. You end up with a 1" deep hole that only has about 5/8" of usable thread. We cut those last few threads with a bottom tap that has only 1 chamfered thread. That way the entire hole is usable for more thread engagement.
We also go through the entire block and deburr it and remove any and all sharp edges. There are tons of pieces of slag and casting flash that are hanging off of the block. We don't want any of those to go through the engine. There was one piece that was hitting the crank counterweight and preventing it from turning over. All of the sharp edges left after machining are full of tiny little burrs. We don't want any of that material left in there to do any damage. We also don't want to get cut by them since they are like razors. Lastly, God forbid there should be a failure, but a rounded corner is harder to crack than a sharp one. It could potentially help to save the block. It takes us about 2 days per block to do all of this prep work. It's very time consuming and you really don't get paid for it, but I wouldn't even consider not doing it.
Now that the grinding and tapping are done, we washed them thoroughly (the third time). Now we can start fitting bearings and gapping rings.
I will post some pics as soon as I can. My laptop took a dump, so we are trying to recover all of the data. I have some pics on there so hopefully I can get them. I will take more as the work continues.
Eddie

Sorry Eddie we are just bored and rambling .:lolhit:

I thought it was pretty entertaining:food-smiley-007:

Thanks for the update Eddie. Now get your Comodore 64 computer up and running so these boys will stop bytching about no pics...lol.

*****in is what we do best .:evilb:

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Alright Eddie...now that you are done sucking off the Hustler crowd in Miami can you get the REAL boat guys some pics of the motors? :lolhit:

I can send you pics of my wifes fake cans if that will help pacify you all for a while.....:poopoo:

:lolhit: Boy you just opened a big can o worms

You sure know how to motivate me:lolhit:

Remember he said FAKE !!!!

Not that there is any thing wrong with that... :eekdrop:


Any one seen Dolla lately?

618 posts...253,602 views and so far is a deburr'd block?? :daz:

and sucking off the hustler crowd....:party-smiley-004:

TRL505 spotted with Dr Bob !!!! :evilb: :lolhit:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...rneedshelp.jpg

Eddie were off topic again or derailed , atleast we know what Eric looks like .:lolhit:

i need a "rail" to keep up with this thread :lolhit:

I'd be cool w just a bikini shat :helmet:

MrSneakAttack and Downtown42 just came very good friends of mine....

Rubber Boobs are the only way to fly Dean....Silicone and Fiberglass...my two favorite things. :bunnydance:

Yes...but you are forgetting the surreal series of events that got us/me here. Keep in mind guys, Im doing this for you entertainment. The boat has almost become secondary (OK..maybe not). Everyone needs someone to talk about when they refer to things they will NEVER do to a boat. I am your guy...LOL. When this is all said and done TRL505 will be synonomous with DONT DO IT! :lolhit:

Well Downtown...at least if my boat never gets done I can always take a ride with you on yours. Oh wait.....:eekdrop::lolhit:

Okay guys, sorry for the delay but it's time to get back on track. After having a laptop die and buying another one, I had a ton of problems getting a picture resizer to load. My antivirus software (Kapersky) would not let it through. I finally got it to work by temporarily disabling the antivirus, so here goes.
Both of the short blocks are together. It took a little longer than I expected since we ran into a few things. The blocks were FULL of burrs and casting slag hanging off everywhere. None of the threaded holes had ever been bottom tapped. All of the aftermarket blocks are super hard because they are full of nickel. This makes them much harder to tap. I was expecting the tapping to go much faster since I figured they had been tapped and we were just going to clean out the threads. Instead, we actually cut anywhere from 2-4 threads in each hole. That's expected with a new block. Also, we had a few pieces of casting slag that were so big that they were hitting the crank counterweight when we attempted to turn it over. Luckily we found it before we were ready to assemble them.
We also had to modify the seal adapter since it is really designed to fit a GM block. These blocks are made by Dart,but they are built just like a GM Gen VI block. They will take the stock dog bone lifters, 6 bolt timing cover, one piece rear seal, etc. The GM block has a small groove just in front of the rear main seal that holds the seal adapter in place. This Dart block doesn't have that groove to retain the seal adapter. In order to retain the seal adapter, we had to drill and tap the block and bolt in the adapter. We used an adapter since we got a crankshaft for a two-piece seal block. The selection of one piece seal crankshafts in 4.25" stroke is pretty limited. We went with a Howard's 4.25" crankshaft for a Gen IV block. For connecting rods were used a set of Callies I-beams with L-19 bolts. The pistons are JE inverted domes and the rings are Total Seal.

Eddie

These are before and after pics of the rear main cap after we opened up the oil passage. There are also some pics of the rings and pistons.

More pics

So Eddie this is pretty much the same goods I have in mine ?

Afew more

:poopoo:Yes Dean. It's pretty much just like yours. I figured that since yours hasn't blown up yet that the parts must be pretty good.:lolhit:

:eekdrop:

I know its all good . How much can you take those blocks out to , C I ?

I believe they can go to 4.625 like the regular Gen IV blocks. I am not that familiar with Dart's Gen VI block. As a matter of fact, I didn't even know they made one. They don't advertise it at all.
Eddie

Here you go. Take your pick:) Accprding to dart, max reccomended bore is 4.350" and they can be taken up to 4.600". How much above such a reccomendation should one go?

http://www.dartheads.com/products/en...vy-blocks.html

http://www.dartheads.com/products/en...vy-blocks.html

I have never seen them before. Now I don't typically use a lot of Dart blocks and they aren't in the catalogue that I have. It may be a year or two old, but I have never seen it there.
Learn something new every day.
THanks for link Razor
Eddie

I would use those piston dishes to take shots of drambuie on the weekends...and weekdays...and in the mornings.