Trozei's '69 F100 Build Thread

[Mancar1]

Coming right along
Huh, I never sent my late Father to run my errands. Although if I asked in a respectful way he would help me out.
Sure is great to have a Dad who will work on a project with you.
Keep on Trucking.....John

[trozei]

Coming right along
Huh, I never sent my late Father to run my errands. Although if I asked in a respectful way he would help me out.
Sure is great to have a Dad who will work on a project with you.
Keep on Trucking.....John

It was actually his idea. He works out of town so when he is in town he's got a lot of extra time to kill. It's quite convenient, to say the least.

[redlinemotorsportts]

Woof, that garrett is hot stuff.

[trozei]

Woof, that garrett is hot stuff.

A big reason why I decided to turbocharge the engine was because I just always wanted to buy a turbo. I started with plans to only reseal the engine. Look where I am now.

[trozei]

I've been back and forth at the machine shop going over some things with the engine builder. We had a discussion about what I was going to do about my valvetrain, as my exhaust valves are 0.101" longer than the intakes. I gave him a seal, a spring, and a retainer and we played around for a bit. We had to machine the valve guides narrower to allow seal fitment and shorter to allow for valve lift.

Here it is with a port and polish, hardened seats, and an 0.008" shave. I have always loved the look of a freshly surfaced head or block. It's so pretty to look at.



Final machining on the head was all finished up this morning. Picked it up and gave the man his money. I then measured out the stud threads and bought some rocker studs. My valvetrain is very Bowtie-like.

Rockers: Chevrolet 250
Valves: Chevrolet 350
Studs: Chevrolet 350

Funny how that works.







Also I had a peek his shop and found my crankshaft which I had him clean. I've never seen it so grey before.



Just gotta bore to fit the 0.030" over pistons and then assemble everything. I don't think it'll even need to be shaved.

[trozei]

I painted my cylinder head.

[trozei]

I also painted my gauge cluster.

Before starting. New chrome. I love chrome but only in moderation. This was too much to leave alone.



Disassembled.



The chrome was a bit hazy so that's what I was trying to fix.





I have about twelve hours in polishing on this gauge cluster.



I sanded down the faceplate, using sandpaper wrapped around a pencil to get in between the grooves. I used 320 grit.



Paint doesn't like to adhere to chrome so I made sure to scratch it up real good.



I used these 3D printed rings made my user Tomahawk and generously sent to me for free. Thanks again.



They sit like this.



After paint.



The paint I used ended up being super tacky and I found out after peeling it a bit that the masking tape needed to be cut off first before I could pull it off, like when you remove a baseboard in a house and don't want to pull up the drywall.





You can see that it's much more reflective but it's still not a perfect mirror.



Here's the pre-polish again for you to compare.

[IN2FORD]

Awesome detail work!

Barry

[Trampus]

That's pretty slick. Nice work

[trozei]

So, bad news. I had the block bored, decked, line honed, studded, and had all the bearing sizes figured out to meet the proper clearances. I go to pick it up and the guy asks me if my engine had ever seen a cold climate. I knew exactly what he was talking about, and it was the last thing I wanted to hear. The block is cracked and it's amazing how it was never noticed beforehand. It's also amazing how this crack never gave me problems for the two years I daily drove it. Miracles aside, I felt it was a gross misconduct on the machine shop's part for not having magnafluxed or at least visually checked the block for cracks before spending any time on it. The machinist actually agreed with me and he's donating to me a virgin 1975 block he had laying around. This block will be machined like the last one free of charge. Overall, a waste of everyone's time.

[trozei]

Machine work is done. Bottom end is built. Awaiting paint to show up. Had to special order the colour.





Chucked the valve cover on the mill. Faced off some of the fins. Found out the hard way that the casting is not as thick in the center so I'm going to have a patch tigged in.

[austin]

nice work i'm really digging this thread

[tripped38]

any updates on this? Its an interesting motor build for sure! Hope to see it finished!

[chicof100]

Hey Trozie I've said before on the other site what great work you and attention to detail you have acquired.
With that said, you do need some educating on metal polishing.
A very simple tool can be purchased at H.F. or any other parts house. it looks like this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/14-in-43-a ... 60656.html
Mine is the next size bigger.
With the sand paper tool you made using a pencil, you can achieve the same thing using a bolt and band saw. Cut a groove in a bolt, taper it down on a grinder. affix the sand paper then a polishing cloth to bolt and you will achieve polishing in narrow areas.
I know, easy for me to say. I've been doing this for over ten years and have mastered my technique. That does not mean that I'm not open to new ideas, it merely means that what I do, works for me.
Buy a tool similar to what I showed, then bring your knowledge and eagerness to learn to the table. in a short time you will discover polishing in a completely different realm.
Big industrial polishers are scarier. You have to have gonads the size of mountain sheep. It's cool and exciting until the machine grabs it. You can loose body parts or break bones you didn't realize you had.
To do work for your own project, a tool like I showed you is all you need.
Have you ever played pool? Looks easy right? Master the Cue Ball and it's easier. same goes for the tool. Have fun and let your brain and desire soak up all there is to learn.