BBC 489 build

[Craig Nedrow]

Total seal ring dry film break in applied to cylinders. Turns a green if the cylinders are clean, there clean

 

[Craig Nedrow]

Double spiral locks are a pain to install, but after 18, I am good at it. Use a stone to deburr rings. Wiseco uses this ring spacer for support over the pin area, common practice. I also polish each ring with green scotchbrite until it is super smooth.

 

[Craig Nedrow]

These Wiseco pistons use a .078 wide top and second chrome moly ring set. This is how to check bolt streach. Short block FINALLY done.

 

[Craig Nedrow]

The original Melling pump is high volume high pressure, which takes more hp to run. Generally if the engine has correct clearances, the standard volume pump will start to bypass around 2000 rpm’s. I will buy another Melling M77 pump and modify it. You can buy them with three different springs. I will set pressure at 60 psi, which is good for this 6000+ rpm engine. We have AMB tool supply in Yakima, will stop by and check my torque wrench on there gage, a free service. Back from town, my old Monkey Wards Powercraft tools torque wrench was......perfect, not even a lb. off at both 95, and 110 ft. lbs., amazing, at least 50 years old.

 

[Craig Nedrow]

It’s Mom day, so stop by and visit with my bros and fam. Off the hook seafood truck in Selah today, so f & chips for lunch, one of those small blessings. Could not find a crank snout turning tool, so gotta go to summit. Snowing...

 

[Craig Nedrow]

Ya gonna put a Blower on it?
I had a Sanger Flat bottom drag boat I built a couple BBC motors for

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Is that a 6-71? Would love to have a blower motor, but this motor is to high compression. Maybe in the future......