all Aluminum 2point8 prototype race engine???

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:04 pm

Hey awesome man. sounds good. Make sure to get pics of the work.

Post up the baby pics too mang.

Hope all goes well.

The Dark Side of Will · Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:35 pm

An idea just occured to me... you might be able to use factory 4p9 sleeves if the need arises.

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:03 pm

too bad I gave away my 4.9 block with pistons and sleeves in good condition not more than a few months ago. damnit.

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:43 pm

update: the parts came in, but so did the baby. here is a pic of the timeserts and the bottoming tap I ordered. 1.12 for the 7/8 inserts 3.50 for the 1.25" ones each. ouch! tab came to 75 bucks all together.

The Dark Side of Will · Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:41 pm

p8ntman442 wrote:update: the parts came in, but so did the baby.

CONGRADUMULATIONS!!!!!one!

So he posts pics of his tools and not his baby...

Kohburn · Post by **Kohburn** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:25 am

The Dark Side of Will wrote:
p8ntman442 wrote:update: the parts came in, but so did the baby.
CONGRADUMULATIONS!!!!!one!

So he posts pics of his tools and not his baby...

lol I was thinking about that

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:01 pm

Yeah, like I want you sickos looking at pics of my girlfriend and baby. Get real. You can photoshop pics of me or anyone else and call them me, but I wont be showing you my family. remember the "kiddie porno pics" :la:

Kohburn · Post by **Kohburn** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:24 pm

p8ntman442 wrote:Yeah, like I want you sickos looking at pics of my girlfriend and baby. Get real. You can photoshop pics of me or anyone else and call them me, but I wont be showing you my family. remember the "kiddie porno pics" :la:

HAHAHA

well true - hafta hide the ones you love from all the sickos

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 12:01 pm

WELL, I HAVE SOME FANFUCKINGTASTIC NEWS!

The time serts hold very well, in fact too well. Instead of pulling out, my head bolts pulled the grade 8 washer into the boss on the head and cracked off the side of the boss (only one hole). Now I have to fucking weld the boss to fix the fucking thing. the worst part is that its all my fault because I was torquing to 95 ft lbs, not 95 nm. Im so fucking retarded that it hurts. Lets see when I get time to take the head to get welded???? Anyone ever use alumaloy?

allWorkNoPlay · Post by **allWorkNoPlay** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 1:32 pm

Please sell that engine to someone that knows what the hell they're doing. Seriously, before you fuck even more shit up.

The Dark Side of Will · Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:20 pm

It's good that they held. Pics?

95 ftlbs ought to give you good head gasket seal... :scratch: :bootyshake:

Well all gotta learn somehow, but do you really have to learn on a setup that is, for all practical purposes, irreplaceable?

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:57 am

allWorkNoPlay wrote:Please sell that engine to someone that knows what the hell they're doing. Seriously, before you fuck even more shit up.

SHUT THE FUCK UP.

The last guy that had this engine to put in a race car had it for 6 years and never opened the shrink wrap. Guess what its mine now and I will do as I fucking please with it. Last one on ebay went for like 500 bucks so I didnt see you stepping up to the plate and dropping the cash.

allWorkNoPlay · Post by **allWorkNoPlay** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:39 pm

Yeah, OK. Cause I don't have a need for an aluminum 60 degree, it's just fine for you to destroy an irreplacable engine.

Good luck finding another one that's been sitting in shrink wrap.

p8ntman442 wrote:
allWorkNoPlay wrote:Please sell that engine to someone that knows what the hell they're doing. Seriously, before you fuck even more shit up.
SHUT THE FUCK UP.

The last guy that had this engine to put in a race car had it for 6 years and never opened the shrink wrap. Guess what its mine now and I will do as I fucking please with it. Last one on ebay went for like 500 bucks so I didnt see you stepping up to the plate and dropping the cash.

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:00 pm

dumbass, you can weld aluminum.

it is fine for me to do whatever the fuck I want with it, some people told me to use it as a display model. Yeah thats what I want to do.

you fucking canadians, I hate you.

The Dark Side of Will · Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:07 pm

<moderator> Settle down, gentlemen </moderator>

How often do these blocks come up on Ebay? What search terms do you use to find them? I'd like to get my hands on one.

Shaun41178(2) · Post by **Shaun41178(2)** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:45 pm

I could tell you but then I wouldnt' get such a good deal on them now would I?

Actually I just go to Engine and components and they have a subsection for blocks, and then I just usually type in a search for aluminum.

Basically that will display all the auctions with the term aluminum in it. Thats a good way to do it or search for V6.

Post a pic of the broken peice please

Kohburn · Post by **Kohburn** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:50 am

I've snapped mounting bosses off trannys and had them welded back on - just a minor delay in the progess, thats all

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:57 am

Kohburn wrote:I've snapped mounting bosses off trannys and had them welded back on - just a minor delay in the progess, thats all

EXACTLY, although when you only get to spend an afternoon a week, and a saturday in the shop it tends to delay a little bit longer. The broken piece is about 1/4 of the bolt hole circumference by 1/2" long. its V shaped. From the looks of the fracture, the material is not very strong, almost no real 45deg angles. Whatever alloy gm made this block out of (or whomever made the heads RM CO.??? ) used a very weak alloy.

Doug Chase · Post by **Doug Chase** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:43 pm

p8ntman442 wrote:Whatever alloy gm made this block out of (or whomever made the heads RM CO.??? ) used a very weak alloy.

With all due respect, the alloy is probably perfectly adequate for the use it was intended. Don't blame GM for the fact that you overtorqued it by 35%.

p8ntman442 · Post by **p8ntman442** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:00 pm

Doug Chase wrote: With all due respect, the alloy is probably perfectly adequate for the use it was intended. Don't blame GM for the fact that you overtorqued it by 35%.

p8ntman442 wrote: the worst part is that its all my fault because I was torquing to 95 ft lbs, not 95 nm.

I didnt blame anyone but myself, Im just stating the fact that the alloy is weak. That is the manufacturers fault.