Line honing a Big Block Chevy with billet main caps

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
  • A customer brought in a Gen6 BBC with 3 missing main caps, we installed Billet caps, rough line bored and finished honed it.
    powellmachineinc.com

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  • @williewages5601
    @williewages5601 2 місяці тому +2

    It's good to know there's still some people thats about doing things right .

  • @billmiller5075
    @billmiller5075 Рік тому +6

    Very nice work and informative

  • @DJTruth_1970
    @DJTruth_1970 9 місяців тому +1

    Quality work sir. Quality is so much better than quantity.

  • @davidsabyan2481
    @davidsabyan2481 11 місяців тому +1

    Talk about precision, thanks for showing us.

  • @leecunningham5062
    @leecunningham5062 9 місяців тому

    Anyone questioning the cost of reconditioning just needs to see a few of your videos and the machinery used, the precision required to understand costs. Thankyou for your time.

    • @robertoudokrapf453
      @robertoudokrapf453 15 днів тому +1

      OLÁ 22/08/24 O uso do sistema correto tem o custo bem menor que o do sistema apresentado no vídeo, maior produtividade e resultado final bastante superior. O importante seria não utilizar o sistema de "brunimento". Abraços...Roberto Udo Krapf

  • @inscoredbz
    @inscoredbz Рік тому +5

    Looks like with the difference in hardness between the steel caps and the cast bock that the block would hone faster than the caps.

    • @powellmachineinc3179
      @powellmachineinc3179  Рік тому +4

      Yea, it takes time and low pressure, Aluminum blocks are tricky also

  • @justinkorpela7955
    @justinkorpela7955 8 місяців тому

    Love watching your videos it is great to see how machine work is performed

  • @edsmachine93
    @edsmachine93 Рік тому +6

    Very nice job Daniel.
    That should work real good.
    What spring pressure you run on the pressure feed on the mandrel?
    I usually run about 3.
    I did not know where you run with those caps.
    Take care, Ed.

    • @powellmachineinc3179
      @powellmachineinc3179  Рік тому +5

      I keep the pressure pretty light or it will make heat , I'm probably about the same as you, I really appreciate it! Thank you!

  • @mikediamond1522
    @mikediamond1522 2 місяці тому +1

    How do you compensate for gravity and the hone removing more at the bottom, thus moving the crank centerline closer to the cam?
    Mike

  • @celtics9348
    @celtics9348 6 місяців тому +2

    That is intresting, wondering if you count the number of strokes of the honing bar when honing. No doubt that takes a lot of experence to sneak up on the clearence you want. This is a great video

  • @ZMANPERF
    @ZMANPERF Рік тому +2

    Nice work.

  • @Kenny-1958
    @Kenny-1958 Рік тому +3

    I prefer the bore gauges that read in .0001 of a thousands.

  • @donmunro144
    @donmunro144 8 місяців тому +3

    If you think good machine work is expensive, see how expensive it is if you get it wrong. You get what you pay for.

  • @robertwest3093
    @robertwest3093 2 місяці тому +1

    Do you do anything differently if the caps are harder than the cast iron block? The way line honing is done it would appear difficult to get all five mains the same size.

  • @johnnybrigham8754
    @johnnybrigham8754 4 місяці тому +1

    We're did you get the billet caps from? We're they spayed too? Any XL shirts??

  • @bobstorie5137
    @bobstorie5137 8 місяців тому +2

    Hi Dan, never done this operation so I really do not know; just curious as to the wear of the stones and do you need to change as a set? Thank you for showing these videos!

    • @powellmachineinc3179
      @powellmachineinc3179  8 місяців тому +2

      They last a really long time, I have on changed stones and guides 2 times in 10 years

  • @robertoudokrapf453
    @robertoudokrapf453 9 місяців тому

    OLÁ. Estou impressionado com a Vossa falta de conhecimento Técnico de Retificação de alojamento de mancais e ferramentais de precisão. ABRAÇOS...Roberto Udo Krapf

  • @7311andrew
    @7311andrew 3 місяці тому +1

    Would not an all out race engine be align honed with torque plates on both the heads and mains ???

  • @tonyruiz5696
    @tonyruiz5696 Рік тому +2

    Looks like your only running 8 stones am I seeing that correctly?

  • @johnkrag6
    @johnkrag6 Рік тому +2

    What model line hone is that?? Looks like a modified Sunnen CH100.......

  • @bowtiekid329
    @bowtiekid329 8 місяців тому

    Just asking, when line honing, why didn't you torque the oil pump that you're gonna run on the rear cap? Doesn't it pull (distort) the #5 cap when it's torqued down AND then checked w/the pump torqued down? Real nice informative video! Thanks

  • @sixesand9s56
    @sixesand9s56 11 місяців тому +1

    Does the billet caps not require the oil pump to bolted in place? Would you recommend it being bolted and torqued for factory caps?

    • @powellmachineinc3179
      @powellmachineinc3179  11 місяців тому +2

      We normally would yes on bbc it doesn't effect it very much at all

  • @peterbuilttough3406
    @peterbuilttough3406 Рік тому +2

    I'm here because the machine shop I went to did not line hone,

    • @philipmazzuca2269
      @philipmazzuca2269 11 місяців тому

      A lot of the factory truck BBC have fretting on the main caps

  • @jamesbergman4917
    @jamesbergman4917 11 місяців тому +1

    Does the block side ever need to be decked if they are that far out of round?

    • @powellmachineinc3179
      @powellmachineinc3179  11 місяців тому +1

      Generally we don't, as we wouldn't want to move the crank centerline up, but there are instances where we would trim the block side .

  • @turboman351w3
    @turboman351w3 8 місяців тому +1

    hey guys which way would a main cap walk if it did side to side or front to back and i have a deep register 4bolt main block but no dowls on the mains good or bad, thanks guys love the channel

    • @powellmachineinc3179
      @powellmachineinc3179  8 місяців тому

      Generally front to back, dowels aren't necessary, most of the time the tune up causes the walk.

  • @mback12000
    @mback12000 2 місяці тому

    How did you do the rough line bore first? Bridgeport?

  • @Mr_BUSINESS_24_7
    @Mr_BUSINESS_24_7 2 місяці тому

    does this then require oversized bearings ? id imagine ??

  • @philipmazzuca2269
    @philipmazzuca2269 11 місяців тому +1

    Do you like those Gen V/VI blocks?

  • @kermets
    @kermets Рік тому +1

    those stones must be strong .......being dropped on the cabinet like that....good work tho

    • @powellmachineinc3179
      @powellmachineinc3179  Рік тому +2

      We never drop the mandrel, I do set it down and always on the aluminum guide shoes, and there is a bracket with rubber that the end set's on. Ty for watching

    • @jimgandee2570
      @jimgandee2570 11 місяців тому

      Daniel, for this uneducated, but really interested guy, how is that system set up to assure the hone is dead center in the journals?

  • @stoneyswolf
    @stoneyswolf 8 місяців тому +1

    I don't get how line honing doesn't make the crank uncentered or crooked. It's just free floating.

    • @Shade_tree_garage01
      @Shade_tree_garage01 3 місяці тому +1

      This is why people like you don’t do machine work

    • @JonBanquer
      @JonBanquer 2 місяці тому

      I believe the hone just follows the bore that's already been machined square.

    • @JonBanquer
      @JonBanquer 2 місяці тому

      It's a fair question. If you aren't willing to try and answer it than STFU. I was a CNC machinist for 25 years. I did my best to answer his legitimate question. There is no such thing as a stupid question.

  • @JonBanquer
    @JonBanquer Місяць тому

    Why isn't line boring good enough or just plain better than line honing crank mains? How is line honing going to straighten out parallelism between the cam tunnel and the crank mains? I don't believe a cross hatched finish on crank mains makes any difference. I realize the fixture shown below takes longer but isn't this a better way to go for someone who cares about precision and reducing friction?
    ua-cam.com/video/qsHcxUkT1N0/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared

    • @powellmachineinc3179
      @powellmachineinc3179  Місяць тому

      We hone the mains because it's much more accurate and the finish is better

    • @JonBanquer
      @JonBanquer Місяць тому

      @powellmachineinc3179 Honing isn't more accurate. A single point turning tool is more accurate in providing location. Honing does, however, leave a superior surface finish. I fail to see why a quality bored surface finish isn't good enough to support a split oil bearing.