engine rebuilt

kapla wrote: Looking it again I will need to give some new colour to the alternator..to match up with the new powder coat I gave to the pulleys...also the pump need some life..LOL... About the RWP..they came original with some special finish? or just the natural colour of the alloy of the body and the galvanised of the pulley?

Was going to say the same thing about the altenator.

Engine looks great.

as John and the Brunstuckians would say: its perty

Looking great Seb!! Now if it runs like it looks - but I'm sure it will!!

Wao Seb! That engine looks nice. You have come long ways rebuilding and upgrading a V8 in SA. What's the plan for break-in?

kapla wrote: yeah right!! specially the stand (51 gal drum) were the engine sits on..LOL

How many liters is that? Does the wall need to be held up?

yeah right!! specially the stand (51 gal drum) were the engine sits on..LOL

Looking good there sebastian..
You want to just ship that to New Hill, NC for me.
I will cover the shipping cost..

Ok then I hope it does!!! actually i noticed the leak this week..before it sat in the shop and i never saw a drop....
Roger thats what I will do..

Seb It may fix it when the bolt is used to hold it to the bellhousing bolt it up to it and see if it leaks,before you put it all back in the boat.

OOPs..while having a look on the parts..I noticed a small leak in the tranny comming from the port side lower bolt ear...before it never leaked a drop...I was hoping that when putting the tranny again the same bolt will put enough pressure on the gasket again to close the leak...
here is a pic showing the place the leak is...
in the worst scenario is changing that gasket easy? or how far the tear down needs to go?


BTW the leak is inside the bolt ear..the fluid line come out from there...all the exterior of the gasket has no leaks at all...

yes.. they are pressed inn. From the top you can´t tell its sleeved as after they sleeved it they do the resurface so the joint its almost invisible..you can see the sleeve from the bottom of the block.. here is a pic from the bottom..you can see the difference of colour of the cast iron and the sleeve..

Alan..I had to put cylinder sleeves to my block (normal to do it here, as no block of these type available) because when doing the .30 overbore one of the cylinders walls cracked, it seems the water had internally corroder the galleys making the cylinder wall very thin..
the cost is in argentine pesos for each cylinder sleeve...at $3.85 a dollar its around $50 dollars each...If I had know I was going to sleeve the block I should have ordered the std pistons...
I´m a little worried though for the sleeves but it was the only thing I could do..If not I needed a new engine directly!!

For you its easy as you can find 351w blocks in any yunkyard...the only v-8 I can find here are the ford Y Block 292 ci or the 318 chrislers...

Lucho Sleeved costed $200 each so the 8 cylinders went for $1600...but I ended up paying 2700 for all the machining work....pesos

Kapla just for curiosity, how much for the cylinder jackets?

Seb, I'd put it with the raw water pump on since you will be breaking it in for 20 minutes and that is some time. You have nothing to loose.