Some people have been asking me whats going on with my truck, since it stopped running, broke, on april ~8 i think..
So far i found out the heads were cracked between the valves on 6-7 of the cylinders, and the one that the valve seat fell out of was cracked down into the exhaust port too. Guess i SHOULD pay attention to the EGT gague:doh:
So i got me some used stock heads with low miles, touched the ports up a little bit with a die grinder, they were magnafluxed to be OK, and they're getting new valve seats that won't fall out as easy, machining etc.. Also machining some grooves out of the oil pump surface on my front cover.
I sent the pistons and headers out to california (RPM eng) to get a new piston made, and weight matched to the other one, because it is balanced.. They are putting ceramic and teflon on the tops/sides of the pistons, new rings, and coating the headers with a 1700* coating inside and out.. THey should be done soon, maybe on their way back by now..
Here at my place i have the engine torn down, found out i need new main bearings as #3 had a nice groove in it that would catch your nail, i welded the cam gear (still stock), welded the oil cooler jets to the plates they mount to, as i found one in the pan:doh: with only a few hundred miles on the engine at that!
I took the solid lifters and roller rockers out, and i'm putting stock valve train back in aside from the springs and push rods.. I got a few parts in so far, im building me some up pipes that wont warp and bend out of 321 stainless,
I also finished up my traction bar project.. here are some more pictures..
Here are the pictures to all the other stuff.. from there forward..
IMGP2202 pictures from friends fun photos on webshots
So far i found out the heads were cracked between the valves on 6-7 of the cylinders, and the one that the valve seat fell out of was cracked down into the exhaust port too. Guess i SHOULD pay attention to the EGT gague:doh:
So i got me some used stock heads with low miles, touched the ports up a little bit with a die grinder, they were magnafluxed to be OK, and they're getting new valve seats that won't fall out as easy, machining etc.. Also machining some grooves out of the oil pump surface on my front cover.
I sent the pistons and headers out to california (RPM eng) to get a new piston made, and weight matched to the other one, because it is balanced.. They are putting ceramic and teflon on the tops/sides of the pistons, new rings, and coating the headers with a 1700* coating inside and out.. THey should be done soon, maybe on their way back by now..
Here at my place i have the engine torn down, found out i need new main bearings as #3 had a nice groove in it that would catch your nail, i welded the cam gear (still stock), welded the oil cooler jets to the plates they mount to, as i found one in the pan:doh: with only a few hundred miles on the engine at that!
I took the solid lifters and roller rockers out, and i'm putting stock valve train back in aside from the springs and push rods.. I got a few parts in so far, im building me some up pipes that wont warp and bend out of 321 stainless,
I also finished up my traction bar project.. here are some more pictures..
Here are the pictures to all the other stuff.. from there forward..
IMGP2202 pictures from friends fun photos on webshots