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Motor Mission Machine & Radiator At The 2017 Sema Show Ignited Car Show Convention

Here's some pics of the 2017 Sema Show Ignited parade of cars, trucks, UTV's, Hot Rods, Street Rods, Race Cars, Customs, and Vehicles. Many of the vehicles featured our custom built radiators. Many of the rat rods that were on display such as some of the ones built by Steve Darnell of Welderup and Vegas [...]

2017-11-04T06:06:35+00:00November 4th, 2017|Machine Shop, Radiator Shop|

Allis Chalmers Antique Tractor Cylinder Head Repair & Rebuilding with Hardened Valve Seats

This is a 1947 Allis Chalmers antique tractor cylinder head that came in for a valve job & surface. Both the intake and exhaust valve seats were heavily pitted and eroded so we machined all eight seats for hardened seat inserts. We then machined the new hardened seats with our three angle seat cutters for [...]

2017-11-02T04:48:26+00:00November 2nd, 2017|Machine Shop|

Engine Blocks For Thermal Claening, Shot Blasting, Magnafluxing For Cracks, Measure, & Inspection

Here's a pallet full of four small block Chevy engine blocks that came in from one of our customers. We will be removing all the cam bearings, galley plugs, & freeze plugs and then the blocks will be going into our Bayco Guspro thermal cleaning oven to get everything baked to dust inside and out. [...]

2017-11-01T05:53:41+00:00November 1st, 2017|Machine Shop|

Small Block Chevy 383 Stroker Engine Machining and Custom Build

Here's some pics of a small block Chevy 350 engine block. This custom engine build is getting a new Eagle crankshaft with a quarter inch more stroke which will make the engine yield 383 cubic inches. This is what is referred to as a 383 stroker engine. In these pics we have honed the housing [...]

2017-10-31T05:00:37+00:00October 31st, 2017|Machine Shop|

454 Big Block Chevy Engine High Performance Machine Work & Machining

This is a 454 big block Chevy engine that we did a complete machining job to. The block has four bolt mains which we fitted with a set of ARP main studs before align honing the housing bore in our Sunnen line hone machine. We then performed a bore to the cylinders with our Rottler [...]

2017-10-31T04:23:43+00:00October 31st, 2017|Machine Shop|

Aluminum Welding On Oil Cooler With Miller Tig Heliarc Synchrowave Machine

Here's some pics of an aluminum oil cooler that came in for repair. Externally it was filthy dirty from oil and dirt build up so we had to get it cleaned up in order to get a good pressure test on it. Once we were able to locate the leaks we prepped it for tig [...]

2017-10-31T03:44:13+00:00October 31st, 2017|Machine Shop|

Ford 4.6 Modular OHC V8 3 Valve Coyote Cylinder Heads Repairing & Rebuilding

This is a set of 4.6 liter Ford V8 aluminum cylinder heads off of a late model Mustang. These heads are similar to the performance cylinder heads of a Coyote engine as they have three valves per cylinder. The engine suffered bent valves which cracked some of the valve guides due to a timing system [...]

2017-10-24T04:18:57+00:00October 24th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Mitsubishi 4G63 DOHC 16 Valve Aluminum Cylinder Head Valve Job and Surface

This is an aluminum DOHC (dual overhead camshaft) 16 valve cylinder head. It is a Mitsubishi engine model 4G63. We completely disassembled the head, cleaned it, checked it for cracks, and pressure tested it for leaks. We then gave it a 3-angle valve job and surface before reassembling it with new positive viton valve stem [...]

2017-10-23T19:54:53+00:00October 23rd, 2017|Machine Shop|

Chevrolet Performance LS Aluminum Engine Block Bore & Hone With Wiseco Forged Pistons

This is an aluminum engine block that we did a performance bore and hone on the cylinders for a high performance build. The engine is a Chevrolet GM LS based powerplant for a Corvette. The cylinders were bored and torque plate honed for a new set of Wiseco forged pistons. For all your stock and [...]

2017-10-19T04:35:49+00:00October 18th, 2017|Machine Shop|

Ford 289 Muscle Car Engine Repair & Rebuild with Aluminum Cylinder Heads

Here's a 289 cubic inch Ford V8 engine that came in for repairs and machine work. It appears the engine has been worked on or at least given a fresh paint job some time in the recent past. The engine has aluminum cylinder heads which we will be measuring the combustion chambers of so we [...]

2017-10-17T22:10:54+00:00October 17th, 2017|Machine Shop|