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Ford 360 FE Engine Block & Cylinder Heads Machine Work & Valve Job

It's been an FE frenzy around here lately. This is another 360 Ford FE engine block & cylinder heads that we did all the machine work to. We performed a bore & hone to the cylinders for new oversize pistons & rings, surfaced the decks square & flat, align honed the housing bore [...]

2016-12-19T18:48:02+00:00December 14th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Dart Pontiac Big Chief Aluminum Big Block Chevy Drag Race Engine Cylinder Heads Freshen

This is a set of aluminum Pontiac Big Chief cylinder heads off of a 637 cubic inch big block Chevy race engine. In these pics we have completed a multi-angle valve job as well as surface to both heads. These heads will be posted again when we get the engine all freshened up [...]

2016-12-15T04:24:28+00:00December 14th, 2016|Blog, Machine Shop|

BMW Aluminum Cylinder Head Valve Job & Surface Rebuild At Las Vegas Machine Shop

Here's some before & after pics of an aluminum inline six cylinder BMW cylinder head. It came in for a rebuild so we completely disassembled the head so we could hot tank & blast it to get it super clean inside & out. We then first performed a pressure test to make sure [...]

2016-12-17T19:45:56+00:00December 11th, 2016|Machine Shop|

24 Valve 5.9 Cummins Diesel Cylinder Head Warped & Surfacing The Deck Flat

Here's a 24 valve 5.9 liter Cummins diesel cylinder head out of a Dodge truck. The 1st pic is after a couple passes in our surfacer (milling machine). You can see the surface of the cylinder head is shiny on the ends so you can see how badly warped it was. The 2nd [...]

2016-12-17T19:46:11+00:00December 11th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Dodge Truck 5.9 B-series Cummins Diesel Engine Cylinder Block Line Bore

Here's a 5.9 B-series Cummins diesel engine block out of a 2005 Dodge truck. We installed a main girdle to it along with some ARP hardware. We then mounted it in our Sunnen line hone so we could align hone the housing bore where the main bearings install. Motor Mission Machine & Radiator [...]

2016-12-17T19:46:30+00:00December 5th, 2016|Machine Shop|

400 Small Block Chevy V8 Engine Machine Work & Rebuilding At Las Vegas Machine Shop

This is a 400 cubic inch Chevy small block V8 engine that came in for machine work & a complete rebuild. We'll get the engine all disassembled, cleaned, hot tanked, magnafluxed, measured, & inspected. This engine is out of a 1978 K5 Blazer so we're going to recommend building it with a Comp [...]

2016-12-17T19:47:00+00:00December 5th, 2016|Machine Shop|

5.9 B-Series Cummins Diesel Engine Cylinder Block Bore, Hone, & Surface at Las Vegas Machine Shop

Here's a 5.9 liter B-series Cummins diesel engine cylinder block we machined. This one is out of a Dodge truck. We bored & honed the cylinders for oversize pistons & rings and we surfaced & squared the deck of the block where the head gasket seals. Motor Mission Machine & Radiator 5435 Desert [...]

2016-12-17T19:47:27+00:00December 3rd, 2016|Machine Shop|

2-cylinder Deutz diesel air cooled cylinder head valve job & surface with crack repair

This is a two cylinder air cooled Deutz diesel cylinder head that came in for rebuilding. We performed a complete valve job & surface along with a crack repair. We had to machine out one of the intake seats so we could fix the crack. We then installed a new hardened intake seat [...]

2016-12-01T01:09:15+00:00November 30th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Chevy GM LS LQ9 6.0 liter V8 engine bore & hone for Wiseco forged stroker pistons

This is a Chevy GM LS LQ9 6.0 liter cast iron V8 engine cylinder block. We did a bore & hone to all 8 cylinders and finished them for a new set of Wiseco forged stroker pistons. We bored the cylinders with our Rottler boring bar before we finish honed the cylinders with [...]

2016-11-30T23:53:18+00:00November 30th, 2016|Machine Shop|