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

Post Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:12 pm

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

Post Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:18 pm

£50 sounds like a bargain to me.

Post Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:19 pm

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

Post Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:33 pm

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!

Post Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:34 pm

there you go bonus

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:40 pm

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

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:30 pm

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.

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:33 pm

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

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:45 pm

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?

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:49 pm

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

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:52 pm

Phew, that's a relief!

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:10 pm

indeed you had me worried

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:54 pm

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

Post Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:14 pm

very true and well spotted

Post Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:08 pm

ross2009 wrote: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

Post Fri Jan 17, 2014 5:24 pm

lol actually kev yes it was

Post Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:53 pm

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

Post Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:02 pm

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?

Post Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:06 pm

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

Post Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:30 pm

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

Post Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:33 pm

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

Post Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:37 pm

good work mate! must have taken a while

Post Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:38 pm

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

Post Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:07 am

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

Post Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:22 am

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

Great build, very intersting!

Post Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:26 am

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

Post Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:31 am

Ok so i totally missed the turbo part!

What you doing rear end wise on the car?

Post Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:33 am

have a quick look on page 3 I think

Post Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:47 am

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!

Post Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:51 am

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

Post Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:04 pm

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

Post Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:12 pm

Clever things, those hydraulic clutch release bearings.

Post Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:13 pm

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

Post Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:23 pm

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

Post Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:35 pm

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