Ray Allen versus Jack Werst '1970 SS/EA Showdown'

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

Yes a CK-10 was state of the art back then but you forgot one very important part....

The man doing the honing......Honing is right up there with other very specialized skills......I honed many many sets of rods and worked my butt off to make them straight and round....

I worked in a shop that did a great deal of machine work for Ralph at T/K's

The owner was named Bill Crowley at Crows Head Shop here in northern NJ.....If he honed your block you could be assured it was right and Ralph often called up after an engine that had just been dyno'ed with a fresh hone made more power than ever before.....

By then the super smooth cylinder wall finishing idea was long gone.....

Bill was fanatical about blocks and had a little technique for the final finish that seemed to always work.....

He was also a super talented head machinist and long befoe there was a Serdi or similar type machine his VJ's were just about perfect....

He also was a very skilled head and manifold porter.....and did some intakes that were not topped for many years....
He went to Nascar country......along with many others in the engine business......

The man doing the honing was everything with the old Sunnen rod machines, it's an art all by itself, my hands still hurt just thinking about it.
When I worked with Ritchie Zul in the mid 70s he was still using the mirror finish cylinder walls on the Pro Stock motors he built for a few customers, I did all the block prep and boring but Nassau Hone did the honing.. My ears are still ringing from the dyno pulls.