67/68/69 cuda dilemma
Stopped by the machine shop, and got a wonderful surprise. My rotating assembly is balanced. Finally got its parole from machine shop jail. It's been a bit over 1 year. To be fair though, this guy is a good friend of mine, works by himself, is the best machinest in town which is why his shop is over flowing with work. Plus this car isnt ready for the engine to be dropped in yet anyways. The complete job along with the block work, and an align hone of the crank end of the block ran me $1100. I felt that was waaay more than fair, so I didnt pester the guy, and patiently waited. This is gonna make a nice hot 318. I have a 68 340 cam, and will be using a set of reconditioned 302 heads.
Heres the rundown
Hot tank block
Align bore
Install core plugs
Install cam bearings
Install distributor drive bushing
Torqueplate bore and hone cylinders
Shave the deck to square it up
Final cleaning of block
Balance rotating assembly
Polish crank journals.
All that's left is the torque plate final hone job, decking, cleaning, cam bearing and core plug install. He prefers to install core plugs before final honing with torqueplate to make the block "stressed" the way it will be when assembled.
The forged 340 crank needed a lot drilled and removed from both ends to get it to balance. He said my Eagle rods were right on the money as far as weight and balance and needed nothing removed from them. Ditto for the KB167 pistons
Stopped by the machine shop, and got a wonderful surprise. My rotating assembly is balanced. Finally got its parole from machine shop jail. It's been a bit over 1 year. To be fair though, this guy is a good friend of mine, works by himself, is the best machinest in town which is why his shop is over flowing with work. Plus this car isnt ready for the engine to be dropped in yet anyways. The complete job along with the block work, and an align hone of the crank end of the block ran me $1100. I felt that was waaay more than fair, so I didnt pester the guy, and patiently waited. This is gonna make a nice hot 318. I have a 68 340 cam, and will be using a set of reconditioned 302 heads.
Heres the rundown
Hot tank block
Align bore
Install core plugs
Install cam bearings
Install distributor drive bushing
Torqueplate bore and hone cylinders
Shave the deck to square it up
Final cleaning of block
Balance rotating assembly
Polish crank journals.
All that's left is the torque plate final hone job, decking, cleaning, cam bearing and core plug install. He prefers to install core plugs before final honing with torqueplate to make the block "stressed" the way it will be when assembled.
The forged 340 crank needed a lot drilled and removed from both ends to get it to balance. He said my Eagle rods were right on the money as far as weight and balance and needed nothing removed from them. Ditto for the KB167 pistons
