Mark's 1G Winter Projects

[Mark Leasure]

Thanks for the feedback!

Nice work!

For those chassis tabs is it needed they go around the tube? Could they just have a radius and be welded on.

What kind of machining equipment do you have?

The reason they are round is that I can mock the suspension up without needing to weld any thing up.

I've got a bridgeport mill, a 14" gunsmith lathe, dake johnson vertical 16" bandsaw, a decent size horizontal band saw, and a lot of other supporting equipment.

[jeremy1375]

Awesome! I'm looking forward to seeing how the stud kit holds up for you. I've had my eye on that kit since it was released. I was slightly disappointed that the 6 bolt requires Time-Serts while the studs directly fit the 7 bolt after rethreading the hole. I'm sure it'll work great. I've seen Time-Serts fail in aluminum blocks and that's created a bit of unfounded bias since the 4g63 is cast iron lol.

[dsmDolney]

Awsome !! Thats so cool you did all of it urself. Very impressive !!

[Mark Leasure]

On to the next step. I filled the block yesterday. I ended up going about 1 inch down from the deck surface, I think that's considered a three-quarter fill. It was my first time messing around with block filler. It's not the easiest stuff to work with, since the water holes in the deck only allow you to use a small funnel when filling. And the stuff is messy. Thanks goes out to John for letting me use one of his torque plates. Applying 110 lb/ft to the head studs is weird, it's like tightening lug nuts. The rubber hose allows insurance that there is a water path from the pump. They are easily removed when the block filler is cured. I removed the water pump block off plate after 10 hours and removed some semi cured filler material to insure proper water pump functionality. The next step is to get the block out for line honing the mains.

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp207/Wicked_EE/20150117_132418.jpg

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp207/Wicked_EE/20150118_020705.jpg

[Dark2g]

This motor is gonna be awesome mark. You really do clean work on all of your projects. Such an inspiration!

[Pushit2.0]

Looks perfect

[turbotalon1g]

Love it

[Mark Leasure]

Now that the block is at maperformance for machining I'm starting my kmember fab. First stop is measuring everything and get a starting weight.

72 lbs, it has all the bolts, brackets, and driveshaft loop. I know others have weighed just arms and kmember at 64. This is going to save a ton of weight!

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp207/Wicked_EE/20150124_091456.jpg

[turbotalon1g]

Nice, man this is so awesome.
Do you want to practice on my car?
When is the assembly party?

[turbotalon1g]

Are you running a stub shaft or turned down "race shaft" for the balance shaft?