we have a long block!
 

so last sat i got home from vacation and sunday we started building the motor. rings were filed we installed the rods and spiralox assembled the bottom end checked the cam degree checked valve clearance and bolted on the heads. here's some pics i took.
spiralox
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...18/piston4.jpg
rings
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...18/piston6.jpg
assembling shortblock
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...28rob18/a6.jpg
installing cam
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...28rob18/a3.jpg
degreeing cam
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...28rob18/a2.jpg
checking valve clearance
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...8rob18/ab5.jpg
one head on
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...8rob18/ab3.jpg
excited dad with longblock
http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...8rob18/ab2.jpg

its all coming together slowly idk when itll be done but it will be some day this year.

awesome looks good!

definitely looking real good

sweet... what parts did you end up going with... heads/cam, rotating assembly.. pistons?... im also in the process of rebuilding my car... im not building my motor though.. a machine shop is because i have no idea what im doing hahah

its a eagle forged crank, eagle H beam rods, diamond .040 pistons, total seal gapless rings, cam was custom ground specced out by tea i dont totally remember specs now. some expensive ass splayed caps all arp hardware, clevite H series bearings. pushrods r trickflow 7.250" chromoly, rocker 1.6 harland sharps, lifters are gm hydrolic was told there the ones to use. the crank and rods were in a block that had 500 miles on it we had the shop magnaflux and check both of them. i cant think of anything else. should be a pretty strong motor.

Looks like a solid effort. Good luck with your goals. :burnout:

sweet... so i guess you went with tea heads...? stock castings or trick flows... im doin the tea trickflows on my setup... sounds like a stout engine man good luck!

yeah tea trickflows

very nice goign to make it to the track this year?

doesnt look like it. i leave for school we got behind on a few things ppl not helpin on time when they said they would. if i do it'll probably be NA passes and might be in NC where ill be for school

Def looks really nice, best of luck with it. I was just wondering what your piston to wall clearance spec was with those pistions because it looks like a tight fit. Also have to allow for more heat expansion if they are hyper or forged. Just curious.

im not sure of the piston/wall clearance i can tell you that they bored the block .041 over and the pistons are for a .040 block. the rings were gapped for a big shot of n2o so they have plenty of gap for wen it heats up.

did u ever finish this ?

http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/o...rob18/done.jpg
this is where were at im away at school i only have short breaks to work on it. it's not far just need time. winter break should be long enough to get it done or atleast running and almost complete

looks good hows the car coming

yeah i've been looking forward to seeing this completed

car's sitting in the garage dusty as hell suspension is all bolted in and done new rug is all ironed in dash put back trim pieces in cut to fit the cage batt shut off is in and wired mounted all the nitrous stuff. it's so close but so far.