Thread: 355 build HP and Torque?

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Thanks for the update and all the great pics. Nice too that you've got each pic seperated with a description. 8-)

you should clean your fingernails before working on bottom end---------

As always, I appreciate your input and advice. This is the first time I've attempted this depth of work and am learning a lot of things by trial and error as I go. You guys have lots more skill and experience then I do. If it weren't for the internet, I wouldn't have nearly the information as I am able to stumble upon. Most of me is really enjoying this experience, while part of me is reminded there is a lot better mechanics out there doing these things regularly, while I struggle, redo, and make mistakes that need redone.

I hope I haven't offended you-----------

I have mostly been reading this thread and staying out of it, but my name was mentioned and I knew then that I must contribute something-----so----staying away from technical opinions---what could I say??????????? comment about your self made engine stand????????or fingernail??????????

Seems your doing an OK job and trying not to take any short cuts-of course tho---I think you meant 7/16 when you wrote 3/8 one time-----------

With a lot of things in life - the devil is in the details - that means cleanliness counts and you can't skip steps.

Your doing fine. Keep up the good work, just watch the details.

You're doin' fine, especially the step where you cleaned the bores until there was no more color on the paper towel. Very important. The last few motors we built as a father/son team while racing go-karts, we picked up a tip from one of the engine builders in the sport. He would rub the bore vigorously with a piece of paper bag from the grocery store after honing. The courseness of that heavyweight brown paper would break loose small dingleberries that would be left after the honing process that would otherwise be dislodged by the rings and cause microscopic ripping and tearing of the bore and the rings. Made sense to me. I realize that the microscopic ripping and tearing is part of the breaking-in process, but it seems to me that if you can remove the bigger chunks with course paper, that the end result will be a smoother coupling of the parts and better ring seal.

What are the punch marks on the main webs of the block???

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

What are the punch marks on the main webs of the block???

Thanks Richard, Jerry and 34_40. I am not easily offended unless malice is intended. If I can stay humble, I can learn from what ever you have to say. I have no clue what the punch marks mean. They were there when I tore down the block. There's also a bunch of single "B"s stamped next to them, some lower and some upper case.

What I haven't posted would probably have resulted in even more critiques. I have had the crankshaft in and out 3 times now. I realized I had forgot to clean the passages out between the main and rod journals, so figured it was important enough to remove the crank, brush them out and reclean it all. I also thought it would be better to install the timing sprocket separately instead of pounding it on while it was sitting in the bearings. As it turned out, I preheated the sprocket in the oven and it slid on with a minimum of pounding.

By all means, keep those comments coming.

Your pictures show lots of detail---what camera do you use and what size do you upload????With the detail of your finger print plus a little blood dna from a scraped knuckle--------------------------

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Your pictures show lots of detail---what camera do you use and what size do you upload????With the detail of your finger print plus a little blood dna from a scraped knuckle--------------------------

It's just a cheap Nikon CoolPix L20. I'm just pointing and clicking and sometimes need to take multiple shots to get it to focus right. I don't know much about cameras or how to set anything manually. I'm shooting them at 3648x2736, but by the time I post them to Photobucket and they appear on this site, it looks like they are reduced to 800x600.

After a couple years of inactivity I figured I would post an update and close out this thread. I sold the car before the engine was complete and today I sold the unfinished engine.

Thank you so much for all your help. It's been a great experience of which I have learned a lot.

Here's a quick last pic of some of the parts as I assembled them one last time on the bench before they were picked up and carried away.

It's been a great journey.
Thanks
Rollie

I was happy to see your name pop up after the time gap! Went back and read through some of the older posts and enjoyed your level of detail and great pictures. Sorry that you won't be finishing out the build, but understand sometimes it's the better path. Glad too that you were able to sell your parts vs having them rust away! Godspeed in whatever you choose for your journey.