Thread: Stopped by the machine shop today.

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Thanks Pat, that is good to hear, and they are easy to find too. What do you think about that Sunnen CV 616 machine? It looked pretty good to me, but what do I know.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Thanks Pat, that is good to hear, and they are easy to find too. What do you think about that Sunnen CV 616 machine? It looked pretty good to me, but what do I know.

Don

yep its a better $$$hone then i have but its not all machine its the guy working it i think you said they brush the wall s when done i do that as well thats called Plateau hone

They were pretty proud of that brush attachment and made me feel it. Glad you do the same thing, that is encouraging. The guy has some nice machinery in there, from what I could see. As I mentioned before, they also have an engine dyno and a chassis dyno, so it looks like they are serious about their work.

He also told me they are going to mildly chamfer (if that is the right word) the top edge of the cylinders to take the sharp edge off and make putting pistons and rings down in there easier, with less chance of catching one on the edge. That made sense to me too.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

They were pretty proud of that brush attachment and made me feel it. Glad you do the same thing, that is encouraging. The guy has some nice machinery in there, from what I could see. As I mentioned before, they also have an engine dyno and a chassis dyno, so it looks like they are serious about their work.

He also told me they are going to mildly chamfer (if that is the right word) the top edge of the cylinders to take the sharp edge off and make putting pistons and rings down in there easier, with less chance of catching one on the edge. That made sense to me too.

Don

well they should be that brush is alot of coin for that machine . just a note here you can over brush the walls . the midly chamfer is a thing i do on every bore less its still there from stock like the sbc have way to much.you should ask him if he breaks the edge off the bottom of the bores thats the one is were many guys screw up

..they do not do it ..

I'll ask them next time I am there...........thanks.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I'll ask them next time I am there...........thanks.

Don

yep and that the least the block should be hone with all mains cap TQ down and deck plates if they have them when it honed out

I'm pretty sure they don't have deck plates, they are hard to come by for a 455 Olds. Everybody carries the more common sbc bbc ones, but not enough call for oddballs like the Olds to warrant buying them. But I do know the mains are torqued because they had to get new ARP ones as the originals get ruined in the shot process.

Don

Machine work complete,then send it out to Dr Olds Joe Mondello for assembly That would be ....

Yeah-yeah,with the heat wave I am having delusions.

Wish I could afford to do that, it would be done right. I got sticker shock the other day anyway.............I called this engine shop to see roughly what my bill was going to be and he said "Oh, somewhere between $ 3,000 and $ 3,500." I said "What!!!!" Then I realized he forgot he was not assembling the engine, just doing the machine work. He still hasn't worked up the final tab but it should be within normal machine shop prices.

I think I am going to take up crack cocaine, it has to be cheaper than this hot rod stuff.

Don

Originally Posted by 1gary

Machine work complete,then send it out to Dr Olds Joe Mondello for assembly That would be ....

Yeah-yeah,with the heat wave I am having delusions.

i hot tank and mag a 455 olds engine for guy that sell hard to find stuff .thats were it was going mondello s