3400 N/A Monte Build Thread

[bob442]

it had about 5 mintues of run time, and i used plenty of lube, and bleed the oil system with a drill before start up. i popped a main cap to find that they were in good shape so who knows, it is after all the teflon coating on the bearings worn off

[3400-95-Modified]

Those rod bearings were teflon coated? And thats only 5 min of run time? Holy crap, that's not good. Something doesn't seem right there.

This is what I pulled out of a 40k mile motor... Nitrous abused and everything.

[bob442]

i had .003 clearance on all the rod bearings, maybe some debri got on there as i put the motor together outside, maybe i should run some 400 grit over the journals, your picture is clearly the cap bearings, my damaged ones were the rod bearings, force side

[SappySE107]

400 grit will trash your crank. Don't touch it or have a shop with the right equipment do it. You shouldn't feel anything with your fingernail.

[3400-95-Modified]

If you ever have a rough spot on a crank you want to just touch it with 1500 or 2000 grit, but I wouldn't use it to try and smooth out the whole journal, I'm simply referring to a small scratch or something. I also wouldn't do that to a performance build, I would bring the crank somewhere to be done right.

I'll get a pic of the other side but IIRC both sides of the bearings were that good.

Also building a motor outside is never a good idea... I worry enough in my garage with getting crap in it.

[TGP37]

If you ever have a rough spot on a crank you want to just touch it with 1500 or 2000 grit, but I wouldn't use it to try and smooth out the whole journal, I'm simply referring to a small scratch or something. I also wouldn't do that to a performance build, I would bring the crank somewhere to be done right.

I'll get a pic of the other side but IIRC both sides of the bearings were that good.

Also building a motor outside is never a good idea... I worry enough in my garage with getting crap in it.

Not to hi-jack a thread but........who should I use to modify my crank when the time comes? Looking to use the TCE double chain and possibly other mods if advised, like knife edging? Or should I just find any old machine shop?

[3400-95-Modified]

Pretty much any old machine shop will do if they know what they are doing. I had a guy at work who has the right lathe do it for me, all he did was the TCE mod.

[bob442]

thing is i was suppous to have had the journals cleaned up, and they did appear to have been.

[bob442]

So not any update really but a follow up, i'm putting the motor back together in my parents garage thats heated and clean this christmas. Its odviously to cold to be doing in my POS garage when its -20 outside. i plan to stay up through the night and get it all done, then i can have a nice long sleep

[RedZMonte]

lol i love the Canadian Accent in the vid "Ooooooh My gawd" . Im originally from North Dakota just as funny. Sounds good tho (the car).

[bob442]

So it took me a long while to solve my plumbing issues that i created for myself, one was plumbing my crank case canister neatly and properly, the other was the heater hose. These look like i got all the parts from Lowes, but trust me, it took alot of hunting and modifying.
This is high heat, high pressure silicon hose, i didnt think to use this stuff, i was stuck at thinking to use Stainless braided lines, but plugging stainless onto 5/8' alumunum heater core line is not so easy. the fitting is actually for a 3/4 hose, but it streched over.


this was the really hard part. in total it ran me around 150$ for everything seen aside the valve cover. hunting down 3/8, 1/2, and 3/4" NPT pipe taps for one time use is not easy, neither was all the fittings. The stainless lines are for a kitchen sink, the 90* was drilled and tapped for 3/8" NPT, and the SS line was shortened and had a new fitting (again hard to find) pressed on.




If*** someone happened to be interested in this setup i could put it together, and get valve covers tapped (or yours sent out) all the fittings modified, canister and filter for around $160-180

[19Cutlass94]

May I ask what the advantage is to this?

[bob442]

I have a CAI, my headers would melt the factory plastic, and I don't want oil and moister dumping into my nicely ported top end. This way it stays clean, I also have no egr.

[19Cutlass94]

Oh gotcha. Thats a pretty neat setup!

[TGP37]

Bob, dude, that is nice. I like the headers.