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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|

Toyota Engine Block Bore & Hone and Cylinder Head Hot Tank, Pressure Test, & Surface

Here's some import engine machine work. The one pic is of a Toyota MR2 cylinder block that came in for a bore & hone. Our customer supplied his own new oversize pistons & rings so we just bored the cylinders on our Rottler boring bar and then finish honed them to size in [...]

2016-11-21T00:44:09+00:00November 20th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Ford Powerstroke Diesel Engine Aluminum Intake Plenum & EGR Cooler For Cleaning & Repair In Las Vegas

Got EGR? Here's an aluminum intake plenum & EGR (exhaust gas recirculatuon) cooler off of a Ford Powerstroke diesel engine. We get these in quite often for cleaning. When they come in they are heavily carboned up internally which drastically restricts their flow. The carbon build-up is mostly due to excessive idling or [...]

2016-11-20T21:31:41+00:00November 20th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Ford 351 Cleveland Engine Block & Cylinder Heads Machining & Machine Work For Performance Engine Build

How about some Ford 351 Cleveland engines? We took in a couple of engine cylinder blocks, a set of cylinder heads & an intake manifold for a custom engine build one of our customers is working on. We will be boring & honing the cylinders, align honing the housing bore for ARP main [...]

2016-11-20T20:40:32+00:00November 20th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Flywheel Turned & Surfaced With Flywheel Grinder Surfacing Machine At Las Vegas Machine Shop

If your vehicle has a standard manual transmission then you most likely also have a flywheel. The flywheel can wear out & get grooves in it much like brake rotors & drums do if you let the lining on the clutch disc wear down to the metal. We perform all types of surfacing [...]

2016-11-19T00:41:40+00:00November 18th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Ford FE (Ford Edsel) 360 Intake Manifold Surface Surfacing & Milling

This is a Ford FE (Ford Edsel) 360 cubic inch V8 cast iron intake manifold we have mounted on our mill. We are doing a complete rebuild on the engine and we surfaced and squared the decks of the block more than normal in order to raise the compression ratio to 9.3:1. Because [...]

2016-11-18T20:50:32+00:00November 18th, 2016|Machine Shop|

Case 1830 Uniloader Skidsteer Tractor Continental Renault 1.1 Cylinder Head Rebuilding & Repair

  This is an aluminum cylinder head off of a Case 1830 Uniloader skidsteer tractor that came in for rebuilding and repair. It is a four cylinder gasoline powered engine. The engine is marked or marketed and sold as a Continental but it is actually made by Renault. It is a 1.1 liter [...]

2016-11-22T02:39:12+00:00November 14th, 2016|Blog, Machine Shop|

Isuzu NPR 4HK1-TC Diesel Engine Cylinder Head Rebuilding With A Valve Job & Surface At Las Vegas Machine Shop Motor Mission

This is a cylinder head off of a 2007 Isuzu NPR HD flatbed truck. The engine is a model 4HK1-TC which is a four cylinder turbo charged diesel engine. This cylinder head was leaking past its injector sleeves causing the truck to push coolant out of its coolant reservoir. We performed a complete [...]

2016-11-14T06:55:57+00:00November 13th, 2016|Machine Shop|

2-Stroke Motorcycle ATV Cylinder Bore & Hone For New Oversize Piston at Las Vegas Machine Shop Motor Mission

This is a 2-stroke motorcycle ATV cylinder jug that came in for a bore and hone. It is an aluminum air cooled engine so that is what all the fins around the outside of the cylinder jug is for, to keep it cool. We put the cylinder in our Rottler boring bar so [...]

2016-11-14T06:24:33+00:00November 13th, 2016|Machine Shop|

360 Ford FE Engine & Cylinder Head Machine Work & Complete Engine Rebuild By Las Vegas Machine Shop Motor Mission

This is a 360 cubic inch Ford FE (Ford Edsel) V8 engine that we are doing a rebuild to. In this post we have the pistons and connecting rods installed in the right bank while the left bank is waiting for the slugs to go in. We performed all the machine work to [...]

2017-07-20T20:15:00+00:00November 13th, 2016|Machine Shop|