| It's finally time to take my bare block and heads to the machine shop. I'm replacing each and every part of the engine except for the stock rods. I believe that I've got everything that I need but thought I'd post up my list for everyone to review. For the machine work I'm going to have them:
-Magnaflux the block, girdle and rods for any cracks or stress fractures
-Pull all of the oil galley plugs (front, rear and the two behind the TT oil filter tree)
-Pull the oil feed and oil restrictors from the deck on each side
-Hot tank the block
-Bore the block for the .020 Wiseco pistons
-Hone the cylinders (any suggestions for the cross hatch?)
-I'm hoping that they have a torque plate. If not, I'll find one
-Balance rotating assembly For the heads:
-Inspect for any warpage
-Clean
-3-angle valve job
-I was blessed with the "Soft Valves" so all 12 are being replaced with EG valves
-New valve stem seals
-Lap the valves
-Resurface them if necessary. (no blown headgaskets or overheating) Parts going to the machine shop:
-Bare block
-Crank
-Rods
-Wiseco pistons
-ARP rod bolts
-Flywheel bolts
-Crank Bolt
-UR Pulley (Is this necessary?)
-Flywheel (necessary?)
-Used main bolts (I'm replacing them with new OEM main bolts)
-Used head bolts & washers (again, replacing with OEM)
-Freeze plugs
-Replacement oil galley plugs
-Both heads have all of the cams, lifters, valve springs etc. removed already.
-EG intake valves
-Valve stem seals
-All of the valve springs, seat washers, keepers and spring retainers. I purchases my main and rod bearings based on the numbers stamped on the block/crank/rods as described in the FSM. My biggest concern is the rod grades that I already purchased. They'll have to resize the rods after installing the ARP rod bolts so should they resize back to the original size that they came in? Will I be able to keep my rod bearings that I already purchased or should I provide them with the clearance specifications that I want for each rod based on the bearing grade that I already purchased? I have 5 grade 1 bearings and 1 grade 2 bearing.
Any other ideas and suggestions are welcome. Thanks!
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