How many experienced engine builder do we have here?

jeepsr4ever

k guys who is a experienced engine builder here besides me

fuzz401

I can do it some what :-| after thinking and doing this #-o

jeepsr4ever

:mrgreen: :idea:

Barry Kaul

What's your definition of experienced? I've done alot at school. I went through the Hot Rod U program at UTI. We built engines and then swapped parrts and dynoed them in t-buckets on a chassis dyno. It was cool! ::D

Tigger

More exp rebuilding and minor performance upgrades than actual performance building.

Elliott

I've always researched what I wanted, hired a machinist and then built my motors from there. It hasn't been my profession, just a hobby where I spend the $$$ instead of making it. Having a machinist who used to race AMC really rocked for me on the last 401 I built.

pyagid

Elliott wrote
I've always researched what I wanted, hired a machinist and then built my motors from there. It hasn't been my profession, just a hobby where I spend the $$$ instead of making it.

Same here. I dont have access to a machine shop so i always have to send the heads or blocks out. But i have put plenty together. THat have not failed. I would say i could build an engine don't know how experienced i am compared to others though

-Paul

XtremeOverKill

I"m a continuing work in progress does that count? I'm doing a 360 right now, hoping to push at least 375 HP... But like many of the guys here, I have more theoretical, and mental builds, than the machining, equipment, and experience to truely say that I can be "Experienced" or anywhere near Professional

mrtazwrench

I'VE DONE A FEW REBUILDS FOR CUSTOMER CARS, A COUPPLE BIG BLOCK MOPARS, NOW I'M IN A SHOP WHERE JUST ONE GUY BUILDS ENGINES, SO I DON'T DO MANY NOW.

Rogue Racer

Built a gazillion SBCs and BBCs, one 455 Buick, one 350 Oldsmobile, two 302 Fords, and just finshed my third AMC. :sa:

FSJnovice

Put parts together on chevies, fords, dodges and imports this is the first amc though. Machining unfortunately not sent it all out for items to be done. I have done valve guide replacement on chevy and fords but that is the extent of that. :t:

jerry

I have done Chevy my first was 265 Chevy it ran good did 283 in a nova bord it , good pistons cam and all the need thing now I work on Continentals 4 and 6 flat heads with mags and up draft cabs jerry

Mudrat

I'm with Elliot and Paul, I can put one together but don't have a machine shop to do trick things and can't afford to do all I want to. Mudrat

Lifted79CJ7

Hey Mudrat, do you have a valve spring compressor that would work on my 401 heads?

Mudrat

'Rented ' the one I used from Auto Zone.... Mudrat

Pheonix

I only rebuilt engines back to OEM standards, 2 Ford 400's, a Ford 350M, Ford EFI 2.9L, Ford EFI 460, Ford 351C, and the only one that i failed on, my AMC 304.

Gremlin4ever

Have rebuilt one Pontiac 400 for a Ventura I once owned. ran it hard two years before lost power due to 5 broken pistons. Looking back, I can say I just threw it together after all, it was the first. I'm currantly on my second rebuild and it is my first AMC with a 15 year seperation in the two. Whoa! at the knowladge I have aquired since that first goround :roll: This one will be RIGHT! As for "experienced", if you've done it you are, but if you've done it a lot and have become good and reliable, than I;de call you a professional =D>

AlaskaJeepR

Ditto to most others.... I helped build 1 401, 2 360's, an 351 boss, and a chev 350..... Always had more than one pair of hands and eyeballs on the project making sure we didn't do anything too stupid. When in doubt, grabbed my best friend who is a master mech, and lifelong Jeepr.

Goose

Ive rebuilt a lot of engines,, with bolt ons added.. and "built" a few but I have always used a reputable machinist, and had things done to my specs..I have to admit though for performance engines I almost always stick to a "recipe" that is proven.. certain parts and specs work well together and I tend to stick with them. no significant failures unless you count the big cam III cummins I built for a truck..the governer and pump stuck open.. it was turning 6000 rpm before it blew..not bad for pistons the size of coffee cans! (this engine normally redlines at 2200 rpm)

Penguin

Well I can't say I am experienced, but I do know how to put them togeather and take them apart. I can fix them and keep them running. As for all of the tweaking and stuff I have no clue. I can get stock with slight mods to work, never tried anything to tough. Stroked a 4.0 to a 4.2 bored 20 over. But that was just because I had the parts laying around and needed an engine. Done a few Fords in my time also, 1 chevy(never do that again), 2 chryslers 4 poppers, and I can't count how many AMC's I have done.