new monster v8 no 4.0 here !!! Start up vid on page 28 :)

[ross2009]

erm yes and no one of the main reasons i chose the chevy is the parts are so cheap them roller rockers where only £120 that water pump was £50 already polished I mean there are more expensive ones out there with a name stamped on them but they all so the same job in the end of the day

[Speedtouch]

£50 sounds like a bargain to me.

[ross2009]

yeah I mean you can buy a pump for £200 but I can't see the point in that, all that money for some thing that does the same thing as a £50 one

[Speedtouch]

Quite, as you say, a water pump is a pretty simple device and as long as it's up to the job, there's no point in paying over the odds for one.

In fact, I managed to get a NOS one for free for my Minor - it had been thrown out down at a metal recycling yard. Works a treat!

[ross2009]

there you go bonus

[ross2009]

just a couple of pics of the head with some bits on it I still need to buy some valve springs but you get the idea

[Speedtouch]

Roller rockers FTW.

I had a set on a Peter Burgess cylinder head on an MGB GT, which seemed to work pretty well, and they look good too with the anodised finish.

[ross2009]

of corse would be better if I went with a roller cam and lifters too but a roller set is like 500-600 pound

and I couldn't find one in the right area of lift and duration that I needed but like you said they do look good

[Speedtouch]

Is that a crack I spy in the right-hand valve seat (pointing in the direction of the spark plug thread) in that last pic of yours?

[ross2009]

good spot but no I just checked it's just a bit of crap of a hair lol had me worried then lol

[Speedtouch]

Phew, that's a relief!

[ross2009]

indeed you had me worried

[Speedtouch]

Sorry about that, but best to clear these things up before you go to the effort of building it...

[ross2009]

very true and well spotted

[manse73]

good spot but no I just checked it's just a bit of crap of a hair lol had me worried then lol

Black hair was it. Dirty boy lol

[ross2009]

lol actually kev yes it was

[ross2009]

had another go at the exhaust ports today got them finished can't do the inlets yet as I haven't got the manifold gaskets to port match them yet but exhaust ports are finished





and after smoothing them out

[Speedtouch]

Not bad, but aren't you worried about grinding the valve guides like that - wouldn't it leave sharp edges that may damage the valve stems?

[ross2009]

no it's what they call bullet nosing
it's fine I've already run a reamer down them

[Speedtouch]

Oh, that's OK then - I'll let you off lightly this time!

[ross2009]

I'm a cnc engineer mate I know all
about metal finishing etc lol

[Jamie8GTi]

good work mate! must have taken a while

[ross2009]

yeah a little couple of hours only done 4 tho still got the other head to do yet lol

[ross2009]

got another very important part yesterday for the drive line will post pics when it turns up

[Phill172]

This will only be cool if it sounds like this....



Great build, very intersting!

[ross2009]

it will sound like that but maybe a little quiter as it's having turbos on it but will still have that awesome lumpy sound

[Phill172]

Ok so i totally missed the turbo part!

What you doing rear end wise on the car?

[ross2009]

have a quick look on page 3 I think

[Phill172]

That really is a great build, its a shame noone does adapter housings for the bmw v8s.
Great thing about sbc is bolt on performance parts really are bolt on!

[ross2009]

thank you should be good when it's done
yeah I mean parts are still available to bolt on and mix and match parts but like you said bolt on performance is also a massive thing with these can easily achieve 500 bhp with minimum effort which is what I like about them

[ross2009]

well another new part has turned up today quite an important part
as the bell housing is so big there is just about enough room for clearance and no room for a clutch fork etc
so here's where this comes in







quite a bit of kit billet ali too
this is a slip on bearing it just uses a couple of o rings to secure it on the coller of the gearbox and it's a bloody tight fit the rear screws in and out for adjustment so will have to be set up when all put together

here's some with it fitted





you can just about see the adjuster screw on the bottom of this one

[Speedtouch]

Clever things, those hydraulic clutch release bearings.

[ross2009]

indeed I wouldn't be able to run it with a manual gearbox if it wernt for this lol

[ross2009]

also I've got another rear beam of mick that I'm going to reinforce before fitting the new diff etc
first thing is to get it blasted and get some plate

a large case diff that bolts up to our e30 rear beam






also got a push rod length checker as I'm using roller rockers and a non standard cam the push rods will change length
so these adjust to get the correct valve and rocker geometry

[ross2009]

just burning out the old bushes ready to be blasted going to drop it off this arvo