Machine Shop

Grader Circle Drive Motor Plate Machining

This is a steel plate for the circle drive motor on a Caterpillar grader circle. The plate is a little over an inch thick. In order to get the proper engagement between the pinion gear & the teeth segments of the circle assembly the plate needs to be thinner. After writing the program the spindle [...]

2021-09-08T01:34:39+00:00September 8th, 2021|Machine Shop|

Arctic Cat Wildcat XX and Yamaha YXZ Cylinder Head Surface Machining For Higher Compression and MLS Head Gasket

Here's an aluminum cylinder head that came in to have its surface machined, or milled. The head is off of an Arctic Cat Wildcat XX which is the same three cylinder engine that is used in the Yamaha YXZ side-by-side. Motor Mission Machine & Radiator 5435 Desert Point Dr. Las Vegas, Nv. 89118 Ph: (702) [...]

2021-08-27T02:14:28+00:00August 27th, 2021|Machine Shop|

High Performance Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth 440 V8 Engine Block Machining

Here's a completed 440 Dodge, or Chrysler, V8 engine block. We first performed a magnaflux to make sure there are no cracks. We then line bored the housing bore which is fitted with billet main caps & hardened main studs. We then bored & torque plate honed the cylinders for a set of iCon forged [...]

2021-08-20T00:24:48+00:00August 20th, 2021|Machine Shop|

427 Big Block Chevy Engine Build

Here’s a big block Chevy engine we're building. We have completed all the machine work to the block, crank & rods including balancing the rotating assembly. The engine build consists of Sealed Power forged pistons, moly rings, Clevite bearings & a custom ground hydraulic roller camshaft. Motor Mission Machine & Radiator 5435 Desert Point Dr. [...]

2021-08-18T00:05:03+00:00August 17th, 2021|Machine Shop|

Chrysler Dodge Mopar 440 Coronet High Performance Engine Block Machining

Here’s a 440 Chrysler engine block in our Sunnen align honing machine. We fitted the block with a set of billet main caps & a stud girdle. We first had to line bore the housing bore, or main line, as the billet caps come much smaller than the finished housing bore diameter. The cylinders have [...]

2021-08-11T02:25:23+00:00August 11th, 2021|Machine Shop|

Heavy Equipment Flanged Split Bore Sleeve Repair

Here's some pics of a split bore flanged sleeve we machine out of some solid round hardened steel material. The sleeve is to repair a split bore in a center Y-Link, or dogbone. The Y-Link is welded, machined, bored & counterbored & then the new sleeve is pressed & locked in place. This is all [...]

2021-07-30T05:04:36+00:00July 30th, 2021|Machine Shop|

Chrysler Dodge 440 V8 Race Engine Cylinders Boring and Torque Plate Honing

Here’s some pics of a high performance Chrysler, or Dodge, 440 engine block we're machining. The cylinders have been bored for a set of thirty (.030) over ICON forged pistons. In these pics the cylinders are being honed with a torque plate torqued to the deck which simulates the cylinder head being torqued in place [...]

2021-07-28T00:35:18+00:00July 28th, 2021|Machine Shop|

Polaris RZR Turbo Exhaust Manifold Was Warped and Needed The Surface Machined Flat

This is a turbo & exhaust manifold off of a Polaris RZR. The cast iron manifold was warped where it mates up to the cylinder head. We mounted the manifold on our milling machine & machined the surface until it was flat & square. It will seal up to the cylinder head nice & leak [...]

2021-07-23T00:25:24+00:00July 23rd, 2021|Machine Shop|

Las Vegas Precision and Performance Machining Machine Shop

Here’s some random work we have going on in the machine shop right now. Aluminum & cast iron cylinder heads are getting valve jobs & their decks surfaced. The engine blocks are getting their cylinders bored for oversize pistons & rings along with a multitude of other machining operations. Motor Mission Machine & Radiator 5435 [...]

2021-07-21T04:04:09+00:00July 21st, 2021|Machine Shop|

Caterpillar Dozer Equalizer Bar Bore Repair and Rebuilding

This is a Caterpillar D10T dozer equalizer bar we're machining on our Rottler EM105H CNC machine. All three bores are machined out so they are true & round. After the first round of boring, the bores will be completely welded with our York bore welding machine. After welding, the bores will then be rough bored [...]

2021-07-16T05:34:30+00:00July 16th, 2021|Machine Shop|