what I did today (56K, make a sandwich)
 

when I got home from work at noon, I took a nap. but when I woke up, I felt the need to actually do something productive. soooo, I went out into the garage and decided to disassemble my shortblock.

first I had to put it up on the stand, so I busted out my newly acquired engine hoist and threw the L98 motor on my engine stand. first up was removing the timing chain and gears...very easy. then I marked all the rods and rod caps so they wouldnt get mixed up, then I started unbolting. I got all the rods and pistons out without incident...until the last one. I dropped it and the skirt broke. Oh well, I was thinking about getting new ones anyway.

then I took off the main caps and removed the crank. I was pretty impressed, all the bearings in the bottom end had very even wear patterns. I cant say the same for the front cam bearing though, that had a bit of wear on the passenger side.

anyway, I snapped a few pictures...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...d/DSC00954.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...d/DSC00955.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...d/DSC00957.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...d/DSC00958.jpg
here is that piston that I dropped
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...d/DSC00959.jpg

and two more pics just to show what I have laying near by.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...d/DSC00960.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...d/DSC00962.jpg

Good ***** mang...good stuff.

yeah, now its time to bleed my wallet dry :lol:

:nod:

I wish I could, i got no money to bleed dry.... :(

I kinda wish I didnt break that piston. I was just gonna get new bearings, rings and rod bolts and slam it all back together...but now that I need new pistons I think the motor is gonna be a little less mild than I originally planned :lol:

woah.........triple overhead cam?

If that piston broke apart like that...maybe it's best that you didn't get the motor running with it?

:scratch: Meh! I say put the piston in anyways ... :)

I dropped it and it broke...it didnt break while I was taking it out, I'm just clumsy and it was slippery :lol:

Well now you in for a treat, new pistons means the rotating assembly should be rebalanced, if you just put it back together without balancing, your motor might not last very long.

Is that the engine I sold to you Ian?

yeah it is. Everything looked to be in excellent condition until I dropped the piston :lol:

dont worry, this build up is not gonna be half-assed.

Yeah that engine had 60k original miles on it.... :lol: