Thread: Picked up my Son's engine yesterday.

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Finally was able to pick up Dan's 455 Olds motor yesterday from the machine shop. They have had it since 7/6/11 ! I thought over 6 weeks was a bit long, but didn't want to rush them and have anything not be right this time.

It looks great ! The block, crank, and all the other parts were bagged and super clean, and the machining looks nice, at least to the naked eye. We went for the balancing, which he sends out, and he told us it needed balanced badly. The crank and pistons were the furthest out, and there is evidence on the crank of welding to add weight.

He says they washed everything, but we are going to scrub it all up with hot water and Dawn dish detergent just to be sure. He advised that as well. We will probably build this motor in the office of the shop as a "clean room" and are going to take extra care putting it together, especially in the ring gaps and cam degreeing, so we don't have a repeat of the last problem.

We also dropped off the bare heads Don gave Dan, they are heads off of the same 66 442 that the tripower setup came off of. He is going to magnaflux and clean them up, and then call us to talk about what the next step should be.

Here is the balancing card that came with the engine. The info on it means nothing to me, but I thought some of our sharp engine guys might tell me what they see on it.

Don