Recent content by M.Rob

With everything coming together it was time to do touch ups before the assembly of the engine. I grinded the rod caps and ends, applied a lubrication to the bolts before I press fit them in place. Once they were assembled we honed them before we sent them for balancing.

After the cylinders were bored to our desired size, it was off to our final machining process (to the block that is). Since a boring job is never complete without a honing job, that was our next step. We mounted our block onto our honing machine and then torqued a torque plate. This allows us to...

Now that our block is mounted on the boring mill, we needed to center the boring head favouring the side by 0.005 to maintain cylinder wall integrity. How we came up with that calculation was thanks to our sonic test earlier on in the project.

Ya! Having a ton of fun learning as I go along too! If there are questions the main man to talk to would be RAMM. Hes the engine guru, haha.

We wanted the piston to be out by an extra + 0.010 deck height at TDC. Our reasoning is that we figure the gasket wil be 0.055 thick once the head is bolted on. The main objective is to achieve a clearance of 0.045 quench. Once that was done it was off to the boring mill.

Once the block was in place, we started the resurfacing process. Here is a sheet of the calculations my father came up with to ensure our goal was achieved. Also I've added a few pics of the resurfacing process as well as the final result.

Will do! I've never created a thread before, so keeping it updated is something I have to keep in mind. lol.

Next step in the process was to get the block cleaned. I used a die grinder with a wire brush mounted to clear all the rust off, then proceeded to tap all the holes to ensure no grit remained. Once I was finished cleaning the block it was time to deck it. My father mounted it on his Schou...

Sorry for the delayed response. Here are a few pics. Hope they give a good visual of what you are asking for.

Sadly, I do not have pictures of the ports and I am kicking myself in the *** for it. Here are the flow numbers of stock magnums and our magnums after all the work done to them. Stock .100 - 60 .200 - 120 .300 - 168 .400 - 195 .500 - 202 .600 - 194 Our Heads .100 - 63.5 .200...

Onto the Valves. I refaced the valves and took off as little as possible as well as adding a 30 degree angle to the intake valves for a fatter flow curve. Then to finish off, I cleaned the valves and polished the stems.

Now that we recorded the thickness of the cylinders and noted on the weak points, we moved on to the Magnum heads. This was a job I was not expecting to be so arduous and time consuming. We did an assortment of jobs to the heads. First off we jet washed them to get all the gunk and dirt of them...

Hey, I'm new to FABO and my father told me that I should create a thread to show anyone who's interested in an intriguing 318 build. Our objective was to build a powerful yet economical and efficient Mopar V8 with modern machining and design theory. Now you're probably thinking, "Why a 318? go...