rebuild progress

Neelsonwheels

Neelsonwheels

Donating Member
I checked on the macinist / mechanic this afternoon and to my surprise the motor is in the truck.I went with J&E exteme duty piston .030 over,eagle rods,carillo bushings,melodin oil pump,cometic head gaskets so on. I would like to thank Mike at RPM and Meanface at hood tuned for all their help.
They are both excellent guys and very helpful. Also all the input from those in the know on the list along with David Childress the previous owner who has never failed to answer any question of mine no matter how dumb.lso Harry Anderson for all his insight and advanced thanks for the future fine tuning. I will let everyone know how it goes after first drive.
Neels:tup:
 
Neelsonwheels

Neelsonwheels

Donating Member
Re: rebuild progress

I shouldn't joke with Mike.I don't know him that well, he was a big help. The truck was turn key it ran great all the wat home from VA to Ct 500 plus miles and then for a rew more months. It started to knock all the time even after the warm up in November.I purchased the truck knowing it had a noise in the motor when it was cold and initially thought it was piston slap.Turned out that I wasn't far off. The piston were slapping.Two of the piston skirts collpased I think due to boost presure or incorrect fitment. Possably lack of oil to the
wrist pins. The skirts were scuffed badly as were the cylinder walls.I will have pics once I get her home maybe a quick video and some shots of the bad pistons.
The pistons that failed were SRPs and I was told not really good for the boost that the truck was running at.I guess 25psi is to much for the SRPs.
 
Neelsonwheels

Neelsonwheels

Donating Member
Re: rebuild progress

Got the truck back this morning.
I runs great.
I did have a couple small issues with the intake piping coming off the throttle body. I think the mechanic didn't tighten the clamps down enough. No biggy It took me two second to fix that. The big issue is that the methanol injection tubing is leaking at both fittings and
I can't get it to stop. I had to drive home without it.
I will order a new line kit from Snows along with a low level sensor. Just for piece of mind.
I feel that the mechanic did a fantastic job on the build. I was alowed to be involved step by step and he would point out every little detail or concern before we would move on.
The motor was completely balanced and blueprinted, all the parts that were reused have been magnafluxed and presure tested. The heads received a five angle valve job along with
all new seals and springs. The truck looks excellent and Paul from Pauls Automachine did
a fantastic job. All in all with motor removed rebuilt and reinstalled it cost me $3000.00.
The parts were $1500 give or take. I did opt for a new Edelbrock water pump and RPM turbo oil filter also cometic head gaskets so on. So it was not so bad! Oh I also received a 3 year 30,000 mile warrenty on the motor. I would recomend Paul to anyone.
Thanks to everyone for their help on this.
 
Neelsonwheels

Neelsonwheels

Donating Member
Re: rebuild progress

I am still trying to figure out how to post pics.
I am not the most computer savvy person.
I am sure the warranty has its limitations.
It is nice that he will stand behind his work though and he did exacly
what he promised.He also said that he really enjoyed doing it and it shows
in his workmanship.
 
The Devils Own Chariot

The Devils Own Chariot

Active member
Re: rebuild progress

I want to see what the piston slap looked like on the cylinder walls. Use photobucket to post pics. Copy and paste the link with with IMG on either side into this page.
 
Neelsonwheels

Neelsonwheels

Donating Member
Re: rebuild progress

I don't have shots of the cylinder walls. Just the pistons,but you can see the damage on the skirts. We had to go .030 over and just barely got rid of the damage. The scoreing on the cylinders were on the thrust side only. I am not sure if the wrist pin bushing were right or there was an oiling issue to the wrist pin.The pictured piston are also out of spec in the skirt by a considerable amount. I can't recall the exact measurement but it was bad.

http://community.webshots.com/user/neelsonwheels



Hope this works
 
MIGHTYMOUSE

MIGHTYMOUSE

Turbo F body guy
Re: rebuild progress

congrats man, i know you will have a blast in it.

got the important things taken care of and took the opportunity to personalize it with your own options.

how does the tensioner fit with that edelbrock water pump? apparently just fine i guess.

if you go to www.streetfire.net its pretty easy to set up an account and the image uploading is easy as well.
 
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