3.4 has begun! (part 1)

[Jeff Alton]

And there isn't too many prettier motor than that one!! Looks good!

Cheers

[Porschekid962]

any news after the weekend? hope things are a bit smoother for you

[Jeff Alton]

Okay, here is the latest! CC'd the piston domes, measured the deck height and CC'd the heads tonight. All is looking like I nailed the CR at 10.5 which is right where I wanted it. The only down side is I have 1.20mm of deck height which is about .2mm more than I wanted. So, I *may* make a bigger relief in the combustion chamber for the second plug and reduce the deck height a little but I am not too sure I want to screw with it at this point as the CR is where I want it.....

Here are the numbers

Deck height 1.20mm
Head volume 90cc
dome volume 40cc
stroke 74.4mm
bore 98mm

According to this calculator it is 10.50:1 http://www.csgnetwork.com/compcalc.html

Here is a pic of the heads being CC'd, Yes I am in the kitchen again. That is where the Rodney Strong Cab is and there was a game on..... Playoffs you know!





Cheers

[Porschekid962]

I'll give you the weekend to catch up, then its a mad dash to see who can get wired up and cranked over first lol.

Lookin good, I know how painful it can be waiting and waiting.

[Jeff Alton]

You will win. My ECU is 4 weeks away!! This weekend is Daddy and son weekend so we have all sorts of crazy things planned. Gotta remember where my priorities are! He really wants me to finish the "racecar" but I don't want to be in the garage on "his time"!!

Plus I have to do more re enforicing of the rear tub (welding), get the wiring figured out blah blah blah....... Where did you get that shroud, I htink I need one. Maybe I will just get my father to make a mold for me, he is bored right now and an absolute expert (magician) with fiberglass...... Been doing it for 45 years. I am good too, but not like him!

[Porschekid962]

Hey I will gladly give my time with my dad in the garage getting his car done for him. If the weather is good might have to take a break and go surf a bit though. The shroud I picked up from pete at rennspeed, rennspd.com and fitting it really wasnt too bad. I have heard horror stories though.

[Jeff Alton]

I still remember "helping" my dad restore a 60 S90 356 back in the late 70's when we were in Kenya. I want my son to have those memories too but good weather in the forcast this weekend so outdoors we will be!! He will only be young for so long so gotta take advantage!

Cheers

[Jeff Alton]

New toy arrived................ still waiting on the rest of the ecu stuff but this showed up.......





Cheers

[Mike Juzenas]

Looks very cool Jeff! I would come over and look it over in person but I am still waiting for my car to be painted...and waiting...and waiting...

Cheers,

Mike

[Jeff Alton]

Mike, too bad your car is not done yet...

[Jeff Alton]

Off to the hospital now to get some stitches, love those JE pin clips....

[Mike Juzenas]

Geeze that is nasty looking! Ouch!

I thought you were going to use the tool that I turned and used on my 3.6? Do you want to make one that works for those clips? I am a hacker on the lathe but might be able to do the tool (or you should buy one).

Hope you get all fixed up!

Cheers,

MIke

Oh man! BE careful Jeff. You have to lay off the beers when working on the car

[Jeff Alton]

Back home now 6hrs later..... only took 6 stitches!!

I wish I had some beers!!!!

Mike I think I need you to make me one of those, the 3.6 one would not work even after i ground it down. I will have to bring a pin and piston over.

Bed time......

Cheers

[cgarr]

Man I hope your not left handed

[JeremyD]

That looks like a screwdriver in the palm - and have to say I thought the JE circlip install was one of the hardest parts of my engine rebuild...

Next time, I'll get a tool made

[Jeff Alton]

Jeremy, you are right, that is a screwdriver!!!! Those little buggers are a pain so to speak!! They were actually quite concerned about nerve damage etc, but it all appears okay for now. Craig, thanfully I am righthanded!

This motor is the death of me. Too many firsts like headstud trouble, trips to the hospital etc. I guess I was due for some roadblocks, All the others have gone together so trouble free! This thing had better make some good power or it is going over the cliff..........

Cheers

[sand_man]

The right technique is tricky to figure out, but other than some sore fingers I was able to get them on without much trouble. I agree that it was one of least enjoyable parts of the build (next to gluing up the case).

I found that giving the c-clips a few very light compression squeezes with a pair of pliers helped before attempting to install them. Becareful that the clip doesn't fly out of your pliers (I covered the end of the pliers with my other hand). And DO NOT squeez too hard. I then would install one half of the clip into the piston bore (sort of at an angle) and then using both thumbs push the other half in and down. As soon as the other half barely made it's way into the bore, I'd grab a pair if needle nose and carefully push it home.

[JeremyD]

cause you were talking smack - "Oh I've never had trouble getting headstuds off- 30 minutes"

still sorry for your injury - it will hurt more tomorrow (then start feeling better)

[Jeff Alton]

Sandman, thnanks for the tps, I will give that I try when my hand is working again.....

Jeremy, LOL, you are absolutely right though, never should of openned my mouth about the headstud thing!!! Should have learned that lesson in elementary school, slow learner I guess!!!

Cheers