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Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:07 am
by Rick Finsta
Yeah rockers are going to be the same price no matter what since I am going with T&D or Jesel shaft mounts.

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:04 am
by Carnut1
I know which way I would go.

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:20 am
by Rick Finsta
Dammit. I'll start thinking of ways to move them over. Plugging the holes isn't a problem, but drilling the new ones correctly is!

Mission creep! :roll: :wink: :mrgreen:

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:36 am
by Carnut1
Rick Finsta wrote:Dammit. I'll start thinking of ways to move them over. Plugging the holes isn't a problem, but drilling the new ones correctly is!

Mission creep! :roll: :wink: :mrgreen:
Seems silly to have that localized high speed air. The csa had been radically changed so the csa needs to be used as efficiently as possible. If Chad has the room I am sure he will find the quantity and quality airflow to make all this work worth it.

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 4:46 pm
by Rick Finsta
The irony here is I could have bolted on a set of stock Edelbrock heads and still made more power than the car will ever be able to run LOL. All this is basically superfluous.

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:38 pm
by Rick Finsta
Right tool for the job makes all the difference. 24W torch FTW.

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Quick comparison of the SSR before and after welding. Raised about 0.100" at the current throat; a little more with the throat opened for the bigger valves.

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Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:30 pm
by cjperformance
Id love to know how much filler rod you have in these so far! Nice project. Even if you can buy something that will do the job off the shelf, its just so much more impressive to modify a seemingly inferior part and make the power.

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:30 pm
by Rick Finsta
Ha! I should weigh them when I'm done. Maybe I don't want to know.

Chad, you got some time this week for a phone call?

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:48 am
by Rick Finsta
I spoke with Chad on Tuesday and he had this back on the bench. Once he gets the port where he wants it, he may just ship it back this way for me to make sure there is enough weld to support running a program in there. Also, we'll have to decide if we can mirror the inside port to the outside.

Chad, you have a sonic tester? :mrgreen:

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:30 pm
by Rick Finsta
Chad was having some power issues in his shop after a lightning strike, and I got distracted by a shiny new (old and crusty, really) Bridgeport in my garage, but I finally finished up the welding (I think). Chad is gonna get the prototype port where he wants it and then we'll go from there.

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I've got (what I think is) a really good idea for a way to make this much faster by CNC'ing the ports, including a cleanup pass of the part that is to be filled. Then CNC little wedges that fit the other program, a quick bead around the edges and hand blend and you're done. It would take maybe a few hours to do all the ports. The tops I would still weld.

For reference, I started checking temperature while I was doing this and the hottest the casting got was the tops of the runners got to just under 250F. I think I'm good to go without worry about the decks or other features losing heat treat at those temperatures!

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:20 pm
by user-9274568
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Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:39 am
by Rick Finsta
Very cool, Chad! I got all jazzed up for going fast after attending a day of Drag Week last week so it is super cool to be progressing on these. Let me know when you think you've got it roughed where you want it and I'll give you a call.

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:58 am
by Rick Finsta
Just an update on this, I've decided to dry deck the block and heads and run oring receiver grooves and copper gaskets after talking to these guys as Drag Week:

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They were pushing water at like 14lbs of boost on a 455. The block I'm using will be much more stable but it got me worried about running double that! Plus when I started looking around it seems other engines with four bolts per cylinder have better luck with dry decks.

For the heads, I am using my new Bridgeport (well, very old Bridgeport that is new to me!) to cut 3/4" pockets 0.240" deep, and then I had little plugs water jet cut out of 1/4" 6061. I picked up 4943 rod which I will be using for the deck in case it does need to be re-heat treated. I did some practice pieces where I had porosity issues but it looks like that was because the test cut pockets were closed at the bottom. With no where for the air underneath the plugs to go, it was bubbling through the puddle as I was welding.

The plugs will get a healthy chamfer prior to welding but I am trying to keep the weld as far away from the head bolt holes as possible. Not sure if it really matters...

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Also, Chad had posted a quick update pic a while back on YB but I hadn't updated anything here:

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Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:37 pm
by Bos's5.0
Since this thread was brought up.. what were the results?

Re: Raising runner, not short turn?

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:56 pm
by Rick Finsta
Chad still has the one head - the short block work is finally under way so I expect to have this finished sometime this year. I've got a 3-axis CNC mill in the shop now so whatever Chad comes up with, rather than screwing around with all the welding I will be making plugs and welding them in place after getting things to near net shape. It is also stupid for me not to move the pushrods at this point since I can do all the work in my shop!