Beautiful head work. I don't think I've seen pics of any better.

I’ll post some better photos when I get them back. Xtreme Cylinder Heads in FL did the work. Beyond excited to get them back.

I am in the process of getting my 3.2 pulled to start work. This thread has has been motivating

Hopefully finding time to seal the case halves next week. I replaced the Oil pick up screen so now we’re set!

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and we have a short block :cool:

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I am formally requesting lots of sound clips when this bad boy is running. I cant wait to hear those straight cut gears. ::drool::

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Making progress

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Great work.

Caught this nick in the cylinder while filing rings. Sent it back to EBS and waiting to hear what to do about it. I don’t feel comfortable running this cylinder with a small gouge so high up. Last road block till i get a long block.

Top are .017”
second are .019”
and oil are .015” as per JE’s guidelines.


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Don't bother, I have gone round and round with both EBS and Millenium who does these for them. I is within their level of acceptance and actually there is a video on Millenium's website supporting that such pitting is evaluated upon QA inspections and certain amounts of pitting are indeed acceptable. That said, I have built 3 motors to date all with similar and even somewhat worse pitting and they are all fantastic motors.

They got back to me this morning and their sending out a replacement. I sent these out to have the Ra checked and everything was 4-5 across the board and this pit was the only issue i found out of the 6. I’ve been pretty happy with them otherwise.

Little update. I posted some progress photo of my heads but wanted to post some finished images. Bill at Extreme Cylinder Heads in FL did the best job I could ask for. CNC ported I/E ports, drilled for twin plug for a 12mm plug, full valve job, timeserts for exhaust rods, full JBR spring/retainer/cup kit, and all cleaned up. Can't recommend Bill enough for anything that needs some quality work.

https://www.xtremecylinderheads.com

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I received my replacement cylinder and it has an Ra of 13 while the other 5 have 4-5 Ra. This is going back and it'll be 4-5 weeks till I get a replacement with the same quality as the first set. Hoping to fire this up before 2021 if nothing else big comes up.

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More waiting! ugh

more parts..

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It’s been a minute. Finally sourced a 3.2 core cylinder (thanks Duane) and got it back from Millennium.

I CC’ed the pistons domes, the heads, and got the deck height to .040” and got my CR dialed in. All the pistons and cylinders are in the engine. I highly recommend the Stomski circlip tool. Saved a ton of stress today and went smooth.

Next for the heads and cam towers this week!

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Cams towers and heads are finally in. Finished up at midnight last night and dropped both cams in quickly to test. 0 bindings. Time to take my first stab at timing cams today.


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DC60 cams in and set at 5.0mm. Just need one more day in the garage to slap on the fan, shroud, and carbs. I put in an order with Brian at RarelyL8 for a long tube header system with heat so as soon as I get that in, the engine is ready for the car!

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This build...I only just rebuilt my motor last year (in a hurry unfortunately), and this just makes me want to do it all over again. Love it, looking forward to seeing the headers.

I haven’t been in a huge rush but I’ve been without a car and daily riding a motorcycle around LA for the past 8 months and it’s getting old.. Finally just bought a fun new daily that’ll get through customs next week hopefully and then I really won’t be in a rush to finish this engine. Crossing my fingers it’s in the car in march.