06-10-2013, 01:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-10-2013, 01:56 PM by Tugboatcap.)
I finally got my replacement '49 Ford 8BA Flathead block to the machine shop on Friday.
When they gave me the price to bore all 8 holes to .020 (yeah, it was that good, except one cylinder that they will have to sleeve because of a loose piston pin clip that grooved # 8 cylinder) grind the valve seats and cook and vat the block, I almost had a stroke!
It was almost triple what the original flathead block I had machined for my truck 9 years ago cost me. At least my cam and crank were still standard so I won't have to do any machine work to them.
On the downside, I won't be able to reuse the pistons (my original block bored .060 and only had around 10k miles on the internals when the block cracked) and will have to buy those, rings, main bearings and a gasket set.
On the upside, it does mean I'll be able to reuse the rods and bearings, water pumps, oil pump, crankshaft and camshaft, which will help offset the machine shop costs.
I was scared to ask them what the Model A Truck engine was going to cost to re-babbit the mains and rods and bore the block when I get to it. Sheesh!
I hope when I tear into the Model A that the bearings are good and I can get away with shaving the main caps and doing a line bore only to tighten up the crank wear...
Tugboat"I need a less expensive hobby!"Cap!
When they gave me the price to bore all 8 holes to .020 (yeah, it was that good, except one cylinder that they will have to sleeve because of a loose piston pin clip that grooved # 8 cylinder) grind the valve seats and cook and vat the block, I almost had a stroke!
It was almost triple what the original flathead block I had machined for my truck 9 years ago cost me. At least my cam and crank were still standard so I won't have to do any machine work to them.
On the downside, I won't be able to reuse the pistons (my original block bored .060 and only had around 10k miles on the internals when the block cracked) and will have to buy those, rings, main bearings and a gasket set.
On the upside, it does mean I'll be able to reuse the rods and bearings, water pumps, oil pump, crankshaft and camshaft, which will help offset the machine shop costs.
I was scared to ask them what the Model A Truck engine was going to cost to re-babbit the mains and rods and bore the block when I get to it. Sheesh!
I hope when I tear into the Model A that the bearings are good and I can get away with shaving the main caps and doing a line bore only to tighten up the crank wear...
Tugboat"I need a less expensive hobby!"Cap!
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