Professional Engine Builder.....
Race Director
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From: PARADISE
St. Jude Donor '09-'11-'12-'13-'14
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Drifting
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Tri-Cities TN
Note to self....Google earth is your friend. See if the guy has a shop if your buying parts or getting work done and have not been to his place.
Race Director
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From: Sierra Foothills CA
Drifting
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From: new iberia la
Racer
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From: oak harbor wa
Wow
I am not an expert nor am I licensed auto engine builder but just wow... Silicone.....pistons.... Great accountability of parts. Also I hope that the bell housing is on for show or to balance it because the spacers that are there just don't make sense.
Drifting
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From: Fredericksburg Virginia
I'm guessing it was a test run on an engine stand. That's what we're seeing in the background. The spacers may be some solution the builder devised to simplify connection of numerous motor types to the same 'dummy' bellhousing.
I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Everyone's entitled to a "duh" moment now and again. It's a matter of how high on your particular horse you're mounted when it hits the fan. You either suck it up or you point fingers. That was the point of the original post.
As pointed out, there are some other items that would make me think that, overall, this is a less-than-clinical operation we're seeing here. My builder isn't a heart surgeon, but that random pile of rockers would not pass muster in his shop.
I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Everyone's entitled to a "duh" moment now and again. It's a matter of how high on your particular horse you're mounted when it hits the fan. You either suck it up or you point fingers. That was the point of the original post.
As pointed out, there are some other items that would make me think that, overall, this is a less-than-clinical operation we're seeing here. My builder isn't a heart surgeon, but that random pile of rockers would not pass muster in his shop.
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From: new iberia la
Dr. Detroit
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From: New Braunfels Texas
During assembly.....I shut the phone off and tell the occupants of the house to leave me alone......
I turn on some music and have a go......distractions are the #1 cause of a mistake in engine building.....
The short block is no place to have ones attention taken from it.
From dial boring the bearings and bore to file fitting rings....spiro-locs etc......
The valve reliefs were most likely caused by a distraction or way too much beer.
I love building engines.....and the proof is always in the pudding.
Jebby
I turn on some music and have a go......distractions are the #1 cause of a mistake in engine building.....
The short block is no place to have ones attention taken from it.
From dial boring the bearings and bore to file fitting rings....spiro-locs etc......
The valve reliefs were most likely caused by a distraction or way too much beer.
I love building engines.....and the proof is always in the pudding.
Jebby
Burning Brakes
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From: Deep South Denmark
Drifting
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From: Fredericksburg Virginia
Actually, I have to disagree. I got to choose my block color when having my engine built. I chose red as it picked up on the only other color that was in my engine bay other than black and grey. And I didn't want it to be an OCEAN of black and grey under the hood. My choice.
A fellow customer wanted his 454 that was going into his old Monte Carlo painted white. Looks good in the car. His choice.
Why is it incumbent on the engine builder to pick the paint color?
A fellow customer wanted his 454 that was going into his old Monte Carlo painted white. Looks good in the car. His choice.
Why is it incumbent on the engine builder to pick the paint color?
Instructor
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From: Cypress TX
Actually, I have to disagree. I got to choose my block color when having my engine built. I chose red as it picked up on the only other color that was in my engine bay other than black and grey. And I didn't want it to be an OCEAN of black and grey under the hood. My choice.
A fellow customer wanted his 454 that was going into his old Monte Carlo painted white. Looks good in the car. His choice.
Why is it incumbent on the engine builder to pick the paint color?
A fellow customer wanted his 454 that was going into his old Monte Carlo painted white. Looks good in the car. His choice.
Why is it incumbent on the engine builder to pick the paint color?
Come on now, you couldn't tell that was a joke as far off the purist path as I run? I'm using Ford IAC valve and vacuum pump and Dodge injectors and coil packs on my black chevy motor. I have no room to badmouth an engine for being Kawasaki colors.
Drifting
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From: new iberia la
During assembly.....I shut the phone off and tell the occupants of the house to leave me alone......
I turn on some music and have a go......distractions are the #1 cause of a mistake in engine building.....
The short block is no place to have ones attention taken from it.
From dial boring the bearings and bore to file fitting rings....spiro-locs etc......
The valve reliefs were most likely caused by a distraction or way too much beer.
I love building engines.....and the proof is always in the pudding.
Jebby
I turn on some music and have a go......distractions are the #1 cause of a mistake in engine building.....
The short block is no place to have ones attention taken from it.
From dial boring the bearings and bore to file fitting rings....spiro-locs etc......
The valve reliefs were most likely caused by a distraction or way too much beer.
I love building engines.....and the proof is always in the pudding.
Jebby
Dr. Detroit
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: New Braunfels Texas
What cracks me up is that since 2004 or so when the internet became huge.....there is a tremendous upheaval of keyboard warriors that will "tell" you how to build an engine.....but they are not "building" squat.....
Very rarely does a person start a thread concerning actually ASSEMBLING an engine.....and even then there are those that discuss it and actually do it....
Assembly is a LOT of work.....it takes a LOT of patience and attention to detail. When you are able to assemble an engine and hear it run....it is very rewarding.....
That brings me to the green engine here.......a fella has to remember to separate his ego and pride from performing tasks, correctly, in a practical order to realize fruition of the end result.
This was not done here.....this is haste....and not paying attention....
What baffles me is how one would think they even have a case with that photo? Did said person not even LOOK at it before he sent it to ProMaxx? Those guys must have quite a laugh......
Talk about epic pretentious fail!!!!!
Jebby
Very rarely does a person start a thread concerning actually ASSEMBLING an engine.....and even then there are those that discuss it and actually do it....
Assembly is a LOT of work.....it takes a LOT of patience and attention to detail. When you are able to assemble an engine and hear it run....it is very rewarding.....
That brings me to the green engine here.......a fella has to remember to separate his ego and pride from performing tasks, correctly, in a practical order to realize fruition of the end result.
This was not done here.....this is haste....and not paying attention....
What baffles me is how one would think they even have a case with that photo? Did said person not even LOOK at it before he sent it to ProMaxx? Those guys must have quite a laugh......
Talk about epic pretentious fail!!!!!
Jebby
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 249
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From: Cypress TX
What cracks me up is that since 2004 or so when the internet became huge.....there is a tremendous upheaval of keyboard warriors that will "tell" you how to build an engine.....but they are not "building" squat.....
Very rarely does a person start a thread concerning actually ASSEMBLING an engine.....and even then there are those that discuss it and actually do it....
Assembly is a LOT of work.....it takes a LOT of patience and attention to detail. When you are able to assemble an engine and hear it run....it is very rewarding.....
That brings me to the green engine here.......a fella has to remember to separate his ego and pride from performing tasks, correctly, in a practical order to realize fruition of the end result.
This was not done here.....this is haste....and not paying attention....
What baffles me is how one would think they even have a case with that photo? Did said person not even LOOK at it before he sent it to ProMaxx? Those guys must have quite a laugh......
Talk about epic pretentious fail!!!!!
Jebby
Very rarely does a person start a thread concerning actually ASSEMBLING an engine.....and even then there are those that discuss it and actually do it....
Assembly is a LOT of work.....it takes a LOT of patience and attention to detail. When you are able to assemble an engine and hear it run....it is very rewarding.....
That brings me to the green engine here.......a fella has to remember to separate his ego and pride from performing tasks, correctly, in a practical order to realize fruition of the end result.
This was not done here.....this is haste....and not paying attention....
What baffles me is how one would think they even have a case with that photo? Did said person not even LOOK at it before he sent it to ProMaxx? Those guys must have quite a laugh......
Talk about epic pretentious fail!!!!!
Jebby
Dr. Detroit
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: New Braunfels Texas
No doubt. After pulling the heads and seeing the eyebrows on the small reliefs, I would have hung my head and shame, bought a crate engine and can of paint. How arrogant does he have to be to fire off such an email without being double dam sure he was in the right. Once you hit the send, there's no backing up.
It is like texting nasty things about your Ex...to your Ex...and thinking it was your current squeeze!
Jebby
Instructor
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From: Cypress TX
LOL!!
That's one thing I love about the digital age. Your words live on in hard copy. It's a good thing if you have integrity, but a big hammer balanced on the top of a 10' ladder you're about to pick up and move if your a liar and a scoundrel.
That's one thing I love about the digital age. Your words live on in hard copy. It's a good thing if you have integrity, but a big hammer balanced on the top of a 10' ladder you're about to pick up and move if your a liar and a scoundrel.