My Motor Build

[Lucid Moments]

I'm drooling to see your and Dougs builds Mr. Kelley. Can't wait to see the finished results. Hows the NASA season going to go?

I've already missed two events due to the car being down. I've already signed up for the next event which is May 17th and 18th. I probably won't be able to do as many events this year as last due to budgetary constraints though. See down economy even hurts bill collectors

Oh, and WTF have I told you about this Mr. Kelley shit? My name is Michael.

[RON]

It all depends on how much they take off. In this case I don't expect a significant increase in compression because all they did was to make sure the deck was perfectly flat.

As for the stress relieved I'm not sure exactly how they do it. The purpose is to make sure that the stresses are evenly distributed around the motor. I would think they do it by heat cycling the motor after its been machined, but I don't know that.

Thanks for the info! But you were saying you didn't get the compression ratio you wanted with the pistons; maybe this will help! LOL

So stress relief is just a cryo process?

[MugenReplica]

I've already missed two events due to the car being down. I've already signed up for the next event which is May 17th and 18th. I probably won't be able to do as many events this year as last due to budgetary constraints though. See down economy even hurts bill collectors

Oh, and WTF have I told you about this Mr. Kelley shit? My name is Michael.

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear that Michael. Lol. Sorry about the Mr. Kelley thing. To me its a respect thing towards somebody 10 years older or more than me.

[Lucid Moments]

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear that Michael. Lol. Sorry about the Mr. Kelley thing. To me its a respect thing towards somebody 10 years older or more than me.

Yea, but Doug's even older than I am and you call him Doug

I'm drooling to see your and Dougs builds Mr. Kelley. Can't wait to see the finished results. Hows the NASA season going to go?

See?

[FourBangerInc]

this looks like a very nice build! pics!!!pleazzzzzzzzzz

[Lucid Moments]

Thanks for the info! But you were saying you didn't get the compression ratio you wanted with the pistons; maybe this will help! LOL

So stress relief is just a cryo process?

It undoubtlably will help some, but probably not much. And I suspect the stress relieving is more likely done by heating the block than cooling it. Its a lot easier to heat something than cool it.

[MugenReplica]

Yea, but Doug's even older than I am and you call him Doug



See?

Lol. true true. You got me there. Plus I don't know his last name.

[Chazwick05]

Lol. true true. You got me there. Plus I don't know his last name.

it's doug ihatenystatetroopers


....long last name hahaha

[oldschoolimport]

Oh, and WTF have I told you about this Mr. Kelley shit? My name is Michael.

I know I shouldn't laugh, since I'm not far behind, but that shit was funny!

[Lucid Moments]

Updated first post with pics. More to come as I can.

[oldschoolimport]

I never thought I'd say this about an engine, but the shot looking straight down, DAMN, thats pretty!

[Lucid Moments]

You should get a good look at the deck surface. Its almost polished its so smooth. Almost no machining marks on it.

[SyckSiR]

It undoubtlable will help some, but probably not much. And I suspect the stress relieving is more likely done by heating the block than cooling it. Its a lot easier to heat something than cool it.

thats about right, basically the block is slowly heated to w/e temp the shop sees fit and is baked at that temp for a bit and then slowly cooled. the cooling is controlled and the block is slowly and evenly cooled to ensure that there are no weak spots due to relative heat affected zones from the original casting process.

[Lucid Moments]

Well, the head, cams, timing chain, oil pump etc... all went on tonight. Hopefully it will be back in the car this weekend, and then I have a tuning appointment set for May 9 with Ed Senf at Balanced Performance Motorsports. Those of you that read Grassroots Motorsports may remember that Ed tunes all their Hondas for them.

[FoReVaPmP]

ya gotta let me drive that thang .......