true professionals drain the block and use drip pans. what a hack!

Maybe if I had the piston to wall clearance on the tight side of spec it wouldn’t slap as much or at all but it was pretty noisy.

Thanks!

The biggest blessing ...Chevy engine access and lack of Chevy II style spring towers. Gotta love these cars!

Sounds like rod knock from a gradually spun bearing. I've done that...

Wow, good sleuth work. I've done that, too. 62.5 piston pin offset and backwards rod side to side clearances on the chamfer. Nice you avoided rod bearing failure in those two cylinders. Love your work, 209. Only the Good Guys Learn from a mistake and Keep Winning!

I’ll be there depending on if the Raceweek dates don’t overlap. I REALLY want to be there.

Yep I had a 66 SS, 327 300hp

Thanks for watching!

Can’t screw up if you’re not working.

Thank you!

Budget he can’t even afford garage doors.😂

Yeah. That was actually one of the things I checked on this engine.

Yeah. I’ve done a few engine pulls in these cars lol.

yeah, I thought the same about how fast you got the motor out. Would have taken me forever🤪

Yep. I’m hoping to have it running tomorrow.

Thank you!!

Lol. I had a light post in the road one time. Still have the car

Happy New Year!

Thanks!

@@Shop209 You are welcome!!! I noticed that You are timing your work... Nice $ saving ethic, but it tends to over-emphasise speedy repairs and puts careful assembly in a place of lower priority... This can be very expensive for any shop... Try to put the priority of Quality first, then you'll probably notice fewer problems... There was a time, when I timed myself at what I was doing, and the problems from mistakes soon started to develop... I know what several production supervisors want and often do, which often causes several problems and even dangerous situations from many types of business's... Even the larger companies have had serious quality issues when their people are forced to cut corners , pinching pennies , trying to save minutes... An example is one of the largest companies in the U.S. that is now having several troubles with quality issues with several of their products, and they are currently under severe scrutiny from the FAA. They make large planes, and their name begins with a 'B' and ends with a 'G'... Try not to make the same mistakes that they have.... If you pay attention to this, You'll be thanking me later.... Quality and Safety are closely associated with each other... It is those two factors that really help to make mediocre products , into the products that people wait in line to buy.... They will gladly pay a little extra, to get a lot more confidence , in what they are buying.... Be on the receiving end of the accolades from satisfied customers...

@@michaelmartinez1345 I normally don’t time myself. Although I have a few times. Just figured on getting the engine out I would see how long it would take. Most of these videos take me multiple days. If you look close you can see some clips are when it’s dark and others are daylight. My shirts also change. Lol.

Yeah. I saw all that when it was happening. It would be such an insignificant amount of power gain for so much work.

Lol. Yeah I’ll probably do one of those videos because I’m trying to build my channel and they’re hot but it won’t be the typical video. Thanks!

Thanks Ed! I’m just glad it was something I could fix. Was keeping rings with cylinders a good thing?

@@Shop209 I think that was a great idea. Hopefully they will take a seat where they were running. You're a Pro! 👍👍

Thanks!

I have one. Hard to hear piston slap with open headers on a test stand.

Yes it does

That's what I was thinking but not really that cheap. The last time I priced that out a few years ago it was around $240 for a set of 8, who knows how much they went up in this economy? It is an excellent option to reuse your high end pistons if the cylinders get washed out and they re-hone out of spec. though.😎👍

I never knew of this. Thanks, this could come in handy in the future.

Me and you both!

If it’s severe it can push rod bearing into crank when it hits.

@@Shop209 roger that

Cool. I’m glad it wasn’t anything serious even though I’m embarrassed to admit I screwed up. Lol

@@Shop209 Humility is an under-appreciated Strength! More people (especially politicians these days!) should demonstrate It! Be well, sunny side up!

Thanks!

That’s actually what I went back with. I used a stock style gasket that came with cheap kit the first time.

@@Shop209 Waste not, want not!

Lol. That is so dang hard to do. I have a bunch of takes I have to do over because of that. Thanks for watching

I did a lot of that before I decided to pull the engine. Readjusted valves, ran with belt off, disconnected torque converter to make sure it wasn’t transmission etc. I guess I could have mentioned that in the video. Lol

I have heat. It actually stays pretty warm

Cool! Hope it goes well

I have one. And a Dyno. I just broke this one in with open headers and couldn’t hear slap.

@@Shop209 I had mufflers.

Yeah. It’s been pretty miserable until about noon every day

Yeah you pretty much need to start the coffee, go to the shop and get the heater going while you eat some breakfast, then peel off the layers of shirts as the shop and you warm up these days. I don't know how yankees stand 4-5 months of cold icy snowy weather.

Cool! Try novaresource.org. Ton of info.

Thanks!

Lol. I know the feeling.

Yes. The short block took 22ft lbs to rotate when I put it together. That’s about normal for a stock 5/64 ring piston. Keep in mind I was using a 3/8 ratchet to turn it.

I’ve had that happen before. Especially if the lower dipstick tube isn’t in block Usually not as loud as this was.

The kit comes with pistons all pressed on rods. It’s already balanced so the rods aren’t numbered, at least that I could find. You just have to pay attention to rod chamfer and pin offset. If the dot/mark is pointing forward pin offset is correct. So they weren’t installed backwards on rod. I just put them in wrong holes.

Lol

Thanks. I typically wouldn’t go over 450 lift with stock springs. If you have a way of checking the coil bind and pressure they might be ok though.

I went back and looked. At 6:51 you can clearly see third cap has 3, second cap has two and you can see one punch mark on front cap. Lot of people don’t mark 4th cap since if other three are marked it doesn’t matter. I’ve seen guys that only mark center three since the front and rear cap don’t interchange.

Lol. Not this time

Just piston slap from pin offset on wrong side.

@@Shop209 good job!

Long story on doors. Lol. If I could stop buying cars maybe I’d have some by now.

Yeah. It’s just like adding a 1.2hp shot of nitrous.

From the wheel back is same

I wonder if the fact that the FE engine has a longer rod than the sbc makes a difference?

Longer rod would would lessen side loading on piston for sure. I guess it depends on how much offset the pin has and also the wall clearance. I have ran cast pistons with .006-.007 clearance to and never had slap. It’s quiet now though. Thanks for watching!

I’m assuming it’s a 68-72? Try joining the nova Facebook groups to find someone that either has doors or guts near you or will ship.

Yes. I am. I cut a ton of corners on this car. It’s a budget car and real world. I’ve also built plenty of expensive engines and cars that didn’t get any corners cut.

It’s a Summit cam. Like 440 lift or something.

Yes. Apparently that’s what I was focused on when I was installing

Lol this was my first mistake ever.

I think it was a glob of Molly lube from camshaft that hadn’t dissolved yet. It wasn’t hard like a piece of RTV.

I doubt it.

Nope. I mic’d the pistons and they were good. Only damage is to my ego. Lol

Uncle Tony claims you gain power by flipping the pistons!🤔 His engine didn't sound like that though.😯 Good decision to correct it.😎👍

Yeah. If I ever need an extra 1.3 hp maybe I’d try it. Lol.

@@Shop209 Good one.🤣😂😁👍

Lol. I’m glad it wasn’t anything big.

Yep