Listen! I don't mean to put all of your methods down. But times have changed. I can remember not that long ago my telephone had a wire going to it.
It took a long time to get our machines that we have. They are for us and racers we know and meet. My son charges $200 to square deck a V8. Break a tool and there goes a couple hundred
He was telling us tonight the proper way to machine a new block is
1. hold the block and Bore the cam tunnel
2 hold the block by the cam tunnel with a cam bar and cut the mains
3 hold the block in the fixture by the main bearing bores and set the deck height on one side by using the Cam and crank center which is 45 degrees to the first deck. Zero the DRO
4.Turn the fixture and it will go past center to 45 degrees to the other side of the center this will be 90 degrees from the first deck This is square decking. Exact 90 Degree head surface difference is squaring the decks. If you cut to zero on the second Deck they will be the exact same height and 90 degrees apart. Another words a framing square will set from deck to deck. Square!
Now if you have different piston to deck heights you have issues with your rod lengths. They are different or the piston pin heights are off. You never change the deck to fit different height pistons. What are you all thinking? I am not a machinist nor are other members that come here but most of us would know that through common sense . Think about what you all are saying.
Oh yeah we don't need work so I am not trying to get any for him. He cannot get caught up know. But we do help friends in a bind when they are broke. He'll work on a weekend for friends.
Most big name shops have Rottlers/ or "Bed mills", Rottler is a brand name, Top of the line . Take your block where they have the new equipment and and have the fixture for your block.
I have a trivia question. Why did they put shorter rods in number 1 and 2 pistons on a nitro super charged funny cars and rail cars which lowered compression on those cylinders? My son told us this tonight. He learned this working on nitro motors. some are still doing it.
no question Rottler is the Cadillac of automotive machines. Possibly interesting tidbit: I used to correct Andy Rottler's homework when I was a TA in the Seattle Machinist Apprentice program at South Seattle CC.
