Up here in New Priceland it cost me $100 for a sonic test. Good information to have. I had several 272 blocks that would not bore safely to 292. That is with a blower, in a naturaly aspirated engine the walls can be a bit thinner without problems. I had one "good" 292 block that I wanted to go big on. Turned out it had too much core shift to do anything with it. So, if you plan on overboring beyond normal service (+10 to +40) I would definately do a sonic check. Chuck


Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Alan, good point. Didn't think about that...there's goes some more cash!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Good Idea to have them or someone qualified to do a SONIC check on all the cylinders

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

Getting ready to pull the trigger on block work, but have not delivered it to the machine shop yet.



Called ahead and got some general pricing on what it should take...



Deck the block - $120

Align bore the mains - $150

Bore and Hone 8 cylinders - $160 ( up to a .040 overbore, but I want more than that to give me standard 312 bore)

Install cam bearings - $40

Clean and magnaflux the block - $65



located in the western part of northern Virginia, and this is really the only machine shop I know anything about...(Carquest Machine Shop, Winchester, VA)...any takers for advice here???

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Got home from work an hour ago, and commenced on getting all of the pistons out. #4 and #6 were especially difficult. I had to break number 6 pretty good (knocked a hole through it) but it came out. The bores don't look as bad as I originally thought. With all of the pistons being a STD size, and pretty tight in the bores, I should be ok.

The camshaft was a crossdrilled cam! And it had the correct cam bearings...C2AE block,,,, go figure. Probably one of those "late" changes right?

Number 4                                                                Number 6 (worst one)

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

ive used a piece of 4x4 hardwood and a maul swinging as hard as i could and some will hardly move.theres stuck pistons and theres stuck pistons.i had a 312 that i couldnt even get the cam out the lifters were rusted in the bores.

I normally find a round log of wood about the same diameter of the piston, helps not to break the top of the piston. I have some good chunks of Hornbeam for this, one of the hardest woods there is in this area.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Dan

Just went thru the same kind of situation.Had to literally beat the pistons out breaking 6 of the tops thru.

I would be concerned mostly about the rust in the coolant passages.I sent my block out to a place to have it chemically dipped to clean the passages out.The cost was $100.00.

The places that do this chore are the same ones that dip bodys (automotive-not for the mafia)

Oldmics

I think you have a real good chance of saving it, if it is std. .060 should clean it up. maybe even .030 or .040 if there are no holes in it from rods escaping it's a keeper.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

I can probably get those pistons out. Never had a block that I couldn't tackle to date. LOL.



My main concern was the usability of the block and having enough meat to bore out so that if there any pits, we are ok...

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com