Project GatTagO

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That's as good a reason as any. I was just curious...

Andrew

franktf

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Made some progress on the heads today..... Got all the rocker bolt bumps out of the intake runners, then I roughed in the intake bowl area on both heads where I made a hole in the other head..... I roughed both sides of the intake bowl area on one port, I will make some more progress tomorrow.....

Here is where all the intake runners are at this point.....






Here is the one I roughed the entire bowl area.....







Almost forgot, I did get the valve covers painted this week.....

franktf

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Got a little more done this morning, now I have 6 intake bowl areas like the one in the last picture.....

franktf

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I worked on the heads some more today, got the intake runners completely roughed in..... Also started to smooth out the intakes......

Here they are roughed in.....







and here the floors and side walls after some sanding roll work.....

Bowtiedford

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Looks good Frank

franktf

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Thanks.....



Got the intakes all done, on to the exhaust next weekend.....

Here's what there looking like.....

Project GatTagO

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Nice work Frank, but I gotta tell you, making aluminum dust for hours doesn't sound like a good time...LOL

Andrew

speedtigger

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Porting aluminum is not too bad. It can actually be enjoyable when you get in the zone. Now cast iron on the other hand takes a special kind of dedication.

franktf

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It's not something I would like to do all the time but it's not so bad every once and a while.....


The aluminum cuts much easier but it is also far easier to make unwanted ruts in if you don't keep moving.....

franktf

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I got my alt only bracket earlier this week, I had to drill the upper hole in the truck block for it but it fits well..... I also ordered a Powermaster 165 amp alt and ARP hardware to use in the bracket, I arrived Friday so I will get it on the block and find the necessary belt this week.....

Today I was able to get all the exhaust ports roughed in, the sanding role work will commence tomorrow.....

Here is the alt bracket attached to the shortblock.....






Here is the port opening before and after roughing in.....






Here is the bowl area before and after roughing in.....






and here is the opening after the port floor was roughed.....

franktf

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Finished the exhaust ports today..... I also got the chambers cleaned up in one head..... There getting close to being done.....

Here's what the finish exhaust port looks like.....





Here is a cleaned up chamber compared to the stock one(I was just trying to get the really coarseness out of there).....

franktf

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Got the chambers in the second head done, deburred both heads and cleaned up all sealing surfaces..... Then washed the thouroghly..... Ready to lap the valves in and install springs/retainers now..... Also cleaned up the giant mess on my bench.....

Here's what the heads are looking like now.....

franktf

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Lapped the valves in and installed the Isky springs this morning..... The heads are ready to put on the motor now.....

Here they are.....

speedtigger

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Did you cut a new valve job Frank?

franktf

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No, I just lapped them in to verify I did not mark the seats..... Remember these were a new never even bolted on a motor set of heads.....

speedtigger

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A good 5 angle can make a nice difference.

franktf

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True, but I have already done way more then I intended and I have to call it quits somewhere.....

speedtigger

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I can relate. LOL

franktf

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After work today I cut the mounting boss of the outside of my CS130D alt case because they loo like **** if you do not need them(I have done this a couple times on customers LS swaps we have done where this boss is not necessary for the aftermarket drive systems)..... Then I got it mounted on the motor with the new low mount alt only bracket I got earlier..... I also got some nice ARP Stainless hardware for the new bracket.....

Here is the boss I am talking about and it being removed.....






and here is the alt mounted on the motor.....

6D9

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Love the car looks awesome!