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Chevy Inline Six Cylinder Stovebolt Engine Machining and Rebuild

This is an inline six cylinder, or straight six, Chevy engine we're finishing up the rebuild to. The engine originally had an integral cylinder head but we are fitting it with a non-integral cylinder head. Meaning the intake & exhaust manifolds are both separate from the head & bolt in place rather than casted as [...]

2021-09-25T03:24:17+00:00September 25th, 2021|Machine Shop|

High Performance Muscle Car 427 Big Block Chevy Engine Machining and Rebuild

Here’s some progress pics of a 427 cubic inch big block Chevy engine we're building. We performed all the machine work to the block, crankshaft, connecting rods & cylinder heads including balancing the rotating assembly. The internal parts consist of Sealed Power forged pistons, Hastings moly rings, Clevite rod & main bearings, Melling high volume [...]

2021-09-22T23:35:18+00:00September 22nd, 2021|Machine Shop|

1945 International Truck KB5 Green Diamond Flathead Engine Machining and Rebuild

Here’s some pics of a 1945 Green Diamond KB5 flathead inline six cylinder engine we rebuilt. The engine is out of an International truck that is getting completely restored. We performed all the machine work to the block, crankshaft, connecting rods & cylinder head. After completing all the machine work we detailed all the pieces [...]

2021-09-17T19:26:47+00:00September 17th, 2021|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|