Tom’s Big Motor 2/24/16
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- Getting Ready for Shipping 2-24-2016
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- Crating almost complete 3/3/16
Tom’s 526 Big Bore Shelby Engine Aug 2015
Oliver Rods Received 9/8/15
Aviaid Oil Pan Received 9/1
TKO Transmission Recvd
Jesel Rocker Arms Received 9/4
Arias Pistons Ordered 8/27 Received
Scat Crank ordered 9/4/15
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- Honed to fit first crank before Tom changed to new Crank
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- Pistons arrive and Head Gaskets
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- Milling surface and heli-coiling Carb Bolt Holes
Scat Crank arrives 11/18/15
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- Finish Boring Block to 4.375 with BHJ Deck Plate on 11/24/15
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- Knurl on new Scat Billet Crank
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- Crank images added 11/27/15
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- Balance weight on Rods – Bob Weights for Crank Balance started 11/30/15
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- Crank with Bob Weights setup to begin Balancing 12/1/15.
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- Ferrea Valves arrive
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- Tom’s Cam Plate Warped and would need to be machined to fit Cam Gear. Change to Gessford Plate 12/9/15, back to another of Tom’s Plates 12/14/15
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- Tom’s Cam Plate received 12/14/15
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- Dialing in Bell Housing
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- Drilling Bell Housing for Offset Dowels
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- Custom .028″ Offset Dowel
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- Cometic Intake Gaskets
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- Allen Head Bolts Hit Radius of Bell Housing
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- Mill Opening up
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- Milling Openings
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- In Assembly Room
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- Heads in Assembly
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- need press on Crank for installation
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- Hub is 1.3755″ as honed to fit Tom’s first Crank. Then bougth different Crank. New Hub needed Due in 12/23/15`
Ordered MS1010HX-std Main brgs from Factory 12/22/15 due in 12/23/15-received.
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- Mains Brgs
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- 2nd Hub for Scat Crank
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- Pressure Check Heads (OK, OK)
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- Final Head Work and Assembly
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- Assembly thru about 2:00 PM 12/29/15
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- Ready to Mill Head Studs Nut Depth +.125 12/29/15 -Time to Head Home for the Night.
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- Final Mill work 12/30/15 AM
Gessford Built Cam Bolt Washers. One for Tom, Greg, Steve, Sean. 12/29/15
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- Assembly 12/30/15
Ordered Smith Brothers Pushrods this morning 12/31/15 @9.500″ Intake and Exhaust lengths.
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- Center Three Hex Bolts 2.750 Long and need to be 2.000″ Long.
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- OK’d switching to our ARP 12 point Fasteners 12/4/16
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- We have 12 Point Bolts 2.000 Long but Don’t keep any Hex Bolts here.
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- Oil Fill Breather Tube with collector Box – Not room for it.
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- Tom Sending another Straight Hvy Wall tube and different Breather. We’re sending this one and it’s breather back.
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- Without Valve Cover Spacer it may Fit but may not be able to get Valve Covers Off over Rockers.
Pulley will be redrilled to fit the BBC Damper 1/5/2016
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- Assembly Images 1/5/2015 5PM
Higher Resolution Front Shot at Assembly 5PM 1/5/2016
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- Push Rods Received 1/7/16
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- Assembly 4PM 1/8/2016 – Looking Good!
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- At Assembly 1/12/16
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- Assembly 1/14/16
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- Assembly 1/16/16
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- 1/20/16
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- 1/22/16
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- New Fuel Log and Fittings 1-27-16-PM
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- Looking Good 1/28/16 with your setup.
Removed Tom’s provided FE Lifters and installed our 832-16 Lifters.
Ordered new Pushrods to match correct lifters
Test Valve Springs Comp 26986-16 received 2/10/16 and installed to breakin camshaft on test run. Will reinstall Tom’s provided springs after test run.
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- Test Stand 2/12/16
Filter looks great after test run – all good 2/17/16
will try inserting a video not sure if this format will work yet and may have to convert to youtube. 2/17/16
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- New Pilot Roller Bearing is WC87503
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- Don’t need MeLeod Spacer with This Bell Housing.
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- Building Engine shipping Stand for Tom
