Fe Frustration

[machoneman]

Stay tuned I could be the first person to stick an engine block up someone's arse, followed by a set of "very undersized pistons"

Now that wins the annual award for the funniest post of the year! Hah!

Yeah, it's sad no one understands FE at your end yet one would think a quality engine builder could be quite knowledgeable, given a few FE specific tips. Heck, it's only an engine for chrissake! About 95% of any engine build  is common...boring, honing, part fitment, gasket sealing, etc.

But I do get what your talking about since here in the USA many Chevy shops become brainless (and that's no joke!) when presented with anything but a Chevy! Folks here like Brett, Barry, Jay and others here could build any make of engine pretty much blindfolded.

It ain't really that hard.   

[funsummer]

Ean,
send me a pm in regards to which machine shop you are using in Osborne park, there are three i no of there and i am on a first name basis with 2 of them. I have had basic machining done there at both shops to FE blocks, and many other uncommon engines that are very hard to replace, 1938 Nash 6, Honda Cbx 6 to name a few.
I am not aware if they have torque plates but can call them and find out.
I am positive that they will ask for pistons to measure so they can hone to size as boring very small amounts may cause chatter in the tool resulting in a unsatisfactory bore finish.
While neither are FE specialists i have found both to be very knowledgeable in many aspects of machining and more importantly measuring.
i am not sure of this forums rules but think a PM is a better way to help solve your problems.
Joel

[funsummer]

Ean,
Having reread your thread 2 things are noted.
Todd hangs around machine shops..spying at others FE..parts.
Secondly you stated a "engine builder".
The shops i refereed to are machine shops only, they will generally not build you a engine, if you have a very large budget, and a race team, they might be convinced to build engines.
In perth engine builders and machine shops are very different animals.
 
Joel

[Ean R]

Machine shop called blah blah blah engines. Bit misleading, picked it up today.
I'll PM you.

[Ean R]

Take a bunch of pictures of your gear and if you want I will post them here
for the brain trust to comment on.

my addy 390fairlane@gmail.com

I'll try put them up otherwise ill email to you
Thanks

[Ozze427]

Hi Ean,

A few hours from where I live in Sydney, there's a guy named Denis Obrien and he specialises in FE's... He also races a 427 Galaxie and a couple different mustangs in Group N historic racing. He will be building my 427 when the time comes. I know your on the other side of OZ but it might be an idea to pallet it over where the work will be done by someone who does specialise in the FE.. Here is his website if you are interested..

http://www.vintageracingservices.com.au/Engines.html

[Ean R]

Thank you Ozze, I'll get in touch with him.
Ive had my C6 built over there so I may as we'll trust the block to someone that knows what an FE is rather than here in Windsor Australia!!

[Qikbbstang]

I can't help laugh if only there were some way to get the wizards at the nothing printed sonic test "machine shop" to measure the bores diagonally.

I believe it should be mandatory to physically test a few of the accessible water jacket opening holes for cylinder wall thickness mechanically derived using calipers and compare it to the sonic test figures at those points. Then you see what was derived vs the actual figure at several points to get the accuracy.

[Ean R]

The "wizards" can stick to chevs and small blocks.
Have found an engine builder thanks to Ozze427 and spent several minutes talking to them about my situation.
The "MAN" instead of trying to sell me a Windsor or Cleveland told me to expect 700hp and 600 torque, figures they have met on several FE Builds in the past.
"No replacement for displacement" were his exact words!!
It maybe FE Fantasy at the moment but it's a whole lot better than the Frustration I've been experiencing.

[Ozze427]

That's great Ean, glad to hear it's coming together.. Please keep us posted as I will be starting my build with them in the next year or 2