DP #24 Engine failure....

[Rich Biebel]

[QUOTE=drooze;
Well now I know what they went in like....so Ill have a better idea when I see them on the pavement [/QUOTE]

Think positive thoughts....and like I told you get rid of the junked parts ASAP.....They are full of bad Karma.........it spreads if you let it....

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

Think positive thoughts....and like I told you get rid of the junked parts ASAP.....They are full of bad Karma.........it spreads if you let it....

Really ? Lol....maybe thats been my problem I keep all my busts as "trophies" I was even going to hotglue pieces of motor 1 and motor 2 to my hatband (really)

Well maybe but Im not going to "jinx" my "Good Luck" charm by saying it out loud....but its never failed. (When I, me myself put a motor together)

[Jeff Lee]

If your machinest doesn't offer a good explanation, I would contact ACL and their engineering department and learn for yourself what is right or wrong with those parts.

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

My Machinist ? Lol....now thats good....

But seriously right now Im sort of :"between" machinists, just like wives , they both kept pissing me off...soo....gone.

Ive got a couple "leads" in the area and well see, im having a crank done tommorow for something else, its pretty tricky the offset grind and journal work that needs done, well not tricky just a lot of it and its got to be perfect. Ive heard good things about him, well see.

The bearings I got from Stanton I ordered em because well he had em in stock and got em to me fast, he said they are 100% normal for their bearings, Ive now seen 4 other sets in other motors but they had all been run so it wasnt as glaring, as many have pointed out the coating does wear off.

And ive got 5 different sets, 3 from different batches and production dates across 5 months, all look the same......

I think theyre odd....but well...I look odd to and Im ok (I think ?) so well see...

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

If your machinest doesn't offer a good explanation, I would contact ACL and their engineering department and learn for yourself what is right or wrong with those parts.

[SS Engine Guy]

http://www.akerlychilds.com/

Clevite series bearings.

http://www.kingbearings.com/advantages.html

A very good alternative and on the fast side.

There is alot of black majic in bearings.

One thing to note: On ALL rod bolts keep a log of free standing length. When new go to full stretch (not torque) in specs 3 times. (Usually 2 of these are during the resizing process.) If free standing length changes over .001 at any time crush threads with a hammer and discard ALL of the bolts. You are very likely already doing this. If not you will be astonished at your findings in batch to batch metalurgy/strength/Rockwell ratings.

Drooze, are both the 5.7 and 6.1's aluminum blocks?, if so, are there iron blocks available for each?

[CrateCamaro]

Is there anyone betting to see how long this thread will last? I got 5 bucks payable via paypal that there is 40 more posts and at lease another 20 of the those will be novel lenght replys.

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Originally Posted by LSP

Drooze, are both the 5.7 and 6.1's aluminum blocks?, if so, are there iron blocks available for each?

Neither is alluminum block....both cast over the shelf same as street car.

5.7 has thicker walls can go .075 over usually no problem.
6.1 is thinner .030 max on a GOOD sonic check if youre lucky.

Our 5.7 is from an 06 Jeep Cherokee.....