This is a tip to help with setting up the mandrels on the line honing machine. I have an assortment of single main caps labeled with paint marker for many different engines, on the cart next to my line hone. If I have a block that I’ve…
Ron Flood Cedar Machine North Branch, MN
We've found that almost all issues related to camshafts being too tight in the bearings are caused by burrs in the cam tunnel which were caused by the original bearing installation at the factory. This is especially true with split cam bearings like an LS…
Jake Sampson Sampson Racing Engines Inver Grove Heights, MN
We do quite a few small single cylinder engine, re-bore and power hone jobs in our shop. Usually going to the next available oversize is all that is needed. However, when cylinders are badly damaged or have already been re-bored to the limit, we install an…
Jerry McLain McLain’s Automotive Machine Shop Cuba, MO
Some single cylinders are tough to mount to a surface machine because of their irregular shapes and lack of external bolt holes. On these, I’ll tap a couple of adjacent head bolt holes and use thread inserts to hold them down from the bottom. As long as…
Ron Flood Cedar Machine North Branch, MN
We often just get the job of installing cam bearings, but we’re not assembling the engine. We keep a supply of old camshafts around to use for a test fit. This is good insurance against our customer having a problem when it comes time to assemble the…
Kenny Burns Harry’s Machine Works Dodge City, KS
I purchased a one inch Chamfering cone and welded a 6 inch extension to it. This is for chamfering the top and bottom of lifter bores in blocks. This saves time and leaves a better finish than doing them with a stone and grinder. Kevin Elam…
Kevin Elam Liberty Machine Liberty, MO
After reading the article on building Ford FE engines in the May issue of Engine Builder, I was reminded of a solution I came up with to repair cracked Ford FE blocks. It was not uncommon in their hay-day to see some oil in the…
Lewis Andrews Andrews Automotive Savannah, MO
I needed to mount this Desoto Hemi from a nostalgia dragster on my align bore machine. It does not line up with any mounting holes on my end plates, so I have to drill new holes. Once the block is in close position in relation to the…
Clay Witt TPIS Specialties Inc. Chaska, MN
They all say 352 on the side of the block, but this is how to identify which FE Ford block you have. A 352, 390 or 428 is cast in the bottom of the front right side water jacket hole. It’ll take a flash light, but you’ll…
Joe Cardoza Yosemite Machine Modesto CA
This jig was made to hold Harley cylinders and torque plates in your Sunnen hone. It allows you to set up cylinders vertically, then pivots for hand held hone while using honing oil from your hone. It is much faster and safer than holding cylinders by hand.…
Robert Stevens Rush Machine & Dyno Service Renfrew, Ont.