by Donnie Hurt | Feb 8, 2018 | DISASSEMBLY & CLEANING
BETTER ALUMINUM FINISH For a nice finish on aluminum, I save my chips from boring ductile sleeved blocks and add them at a 20% mix to coarse glass bead in the blaster. I find that it gives the aluminum a brighter finish that doesn’t stain as easy. It removes carbon...
by Donnie Hurt | Jan 19, 2018 | BLOCK WORK
POINTS OF CONTACT I needed to mount this Desoto Hemi from a nostalgia dragster on my align bore machine. It does not line up with any mounting holes on my end plates, so I have to drill new holes. Once the block is in close position in relation to the boring bar, I...
by Donnie Hurt | Jan 19, 2018 | BLOCK WORK
FE FORD I.D. They all say 352 on the side of the block, but this is how to identify which FE Ford block you have. A 352, 390 or 428 is cast in the bottom of the front right side water jacket hole. It’ll take a flash light, but you’ll see it if you look in the bottom...
by Donnie Hurt | Jan 18, 2018 | OPERATIONS
POSITIVE LANGUAGE INCREASES SALES We all need some positive reinforcement from time to time. When talking with your customers about some news that is not necessarily good, you can also put a more positive spin on the news. Let’s say you are starting an engine build...
by Donnie Hurt | Jan 5, 2018 | LUBRICATION & COOLING
GM LS OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS We had rebuilt a customer’s 5.3L GM engine but they were still complaining of low oil pressure at idle. We sent them a new oil pump, but it still was low, about 17lbs at idle. We learned that there was a second oil pressure relief valve in...
