I made a "flapper rod" for my die grinder about 25 years ago, I used a 3/4" bolt shoulder. I turned it down on one end to 1/4" so that it would chuck up. I cut a slot in the big end for emory cloth. I can wrap emory cloth and achieve whatever desired thickness over3/4" and tear off the outer layer as I go. Thanks for yet another video.
I liked the slotted 1/4inch shaft you used for the final final. It brought back some great memories. It's the excat thing I made back in the early 80s I used when I was porting my snowmobile race engines I use to do. Great video
@@Myersmetalworks Yes it was fun and a lot of work. In the mid 80s we were getting 118 hp out of our 340 cc racing engines with is 22.7 cubic inches. We would turn them 11,700 RPM. Our sleds weighted about 375 lbs and we run on ice. They were built for oval track racing. I live in TN now. Been here close to 20 years now. We may not be that far apart from each other.
Lots of helpful things you shared, very much appreciated. I was porting my 89 Corvette’s lower intake a little bit over Christmas since it was already off for leaking china walls. I struggled with my long shank aluminum carbide bit, with higher speed came more wobble. I’m thinking it’s the cheap HF grinder I was using, which made it very difficult to not get ruts. My heads are stock & I’m not planning on removing them, so I was keeping around 1/16” from gasket edge to try & keep from creating more turbulence where it meets the head. I was surprised that the ports on the FelPro gasket I’m planning using are a bit off. So I couldn’t scribe lines across all the ports top & bottom. There is definitely a great deal of determining the placement of the head to intake & being able to replicate it when finally assembling everything. Finally I did use my bore scope to look into the intake at the head to see how well things were aligning, it was very helpful. Thanks Again!
Thanks for the nice comment Brian... I think both of my grinders are from HF and the one thats the Chief brand is pretty nice and works well... I'm impressed with it for a low cost grinder... The other one not so much... The Aluminum cutters are more aggressive and some times with that longer shank it bounces around a bit... Good luck with your Corvette project.... Thanks again!
I can't wait to see this big block done and those stainless bolts look good up on top there the way you polished them they are looking good. I have taken everything you didnd and did my best to do the same on my small block build and it is really going to be a good running 383 when it finished thanks for the teaching I really like the way you work hope you keep on doing more builds any thing you do is truly a masterpiece
Thanks Jason! Your comment means a lot! Trying to plan for the next project once the 454 build is complete... I'm glad that my videos are helpful and I would love to hear about your finished 383 too- you can find contact info in the about section (details) on my YT channel... Thanks again for your positive comments...
Back in the 90's I had some serious oxidation issues using stainless bolts with an aluminum intake manifold. The bolts deteriorated the intake to the point that it was almost unusable as the bolt holes were deformed due to oxidation. I don't know if it was a metallurgical issue or not but I also encountered the same problem with stainless bolts and an aluminum boat transom repair using never seize that time. The bolts still bnded to the aluminum and had serious white oxidization at every fastener point. I have not used stainless bolts in an aluminum application since and i would be very apprehensive about putting them into an aluminum head. Just my experience. Have you encountered similar?
Hi Dave... I haven't had any trouble with the stainless steel and aluminum,but also have not been in a moist environment as a boat... dissimilar metal's do have electrolysis if in water that has minerals in it like salt..
Its starting to look like a working motor! Love the flapper wheel. I'm going make myself one of those. Any thoughts on what you might put the motor into? I guess picking a car out for the motor and installing it could make some fun videos also.
Hi Mike... Glad you enjoyed the video and yes still looking for a car... Hoping for some type of older car Camaro - Nova - Malibu - Chevelle maybe even another Corvette (my wife likes them the best)... Lots of crazy things that seem to slow us down: the quarter mile track that we were hoping to run whatever car we get has shut down.... and we are in the middle of a big project for my wife (house remodel)... and we had found a Camaro, but after driving it for a couple of months, I knew that it wasn't the right car for the motor- it would have taken more work that the motor did!! So....still looking everyday on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace for that right car and the pickings look to be thin in my area.
Yes, I would hate to tell you how many years unexpected life events have obstructed my the car projects. What I see of the used/classic car market indicates there are lots of buyers right now and prices seem very high because people have more cash on hand. If I see something good I will try to let you know. I suppose you have some experience with putting BBCs in older cars and since the 454 with a TH400 is really heavy, (~750lbs.) I wonder how well it works in a Corvette vs. say a SBC. I had a friend who had a 72 Corvette with a 454 and he totaled the car going fast and trying to be speed racer. If you are not going to push the car on a road course I guess that would work. My 68 olds seems to carry the weight adequately. Its never going to be an autocross car, but when it revs enough to put out 500 ft./lb torque and accelerates in a straight line, the whole car seems to become lighter.
You are right- some cars just carry the weight of the engine better than others. Way back at the beginning, we thought the corvette would be a fun "tool around" car. Then we had the idea to make it a drag car, but as I thought more about it I decided a "muscle car" would be better. Sold the corvette. Then the race track closed... So we are back to looking for the "tool around" car- even though racing would be fun. And thanks for keeping an eye out for me!!
Hi.... We use it for protection on some softer metals we cut that have a nice surface finish and I like your idea of using it as a reference as well.... Thanks
I Love the Performer RPM Airgap on BBC, really versatile for daily drive to work or horsing around on weekends at the track:)
Thanks for your input and nice comments...
Very nice👍
Thanks for the nice comment....
I made a "flapper rod" for my die grinder about 25 years ago, I used a 3/4" bolt shoulder. I turned it down on one end to 1/4" so that it would chuck up. I cut a slot in the big end for emory cloth. I can wrap emory cloth and achieve whatever desired thickness over3/4" and tear off the outer layer as I go. Thanks for yet another video.
Thank you!
Great job!
Thanks!
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Looks great Mr. Myers 👍👍👍
I take that as a sincere compliment coming from the real professional!👍👍👍
Great video!! EXCELLENT WORK!!
Thank you very much!
Love the work
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Thank you!
Nice workmanship! I just received the same intake for my AFR265's and will reference these videos exhaustively! Thank you!
Thank Robert for the nice comment....
I liked the slotted 1/4inch shaft you used for the final final. It brought back some great memories. It's the excat thing I made back in the early 80s I used when I was porting my snowmobile race engines I use to do. Great video
HI Kelly.... Thanks for the nice comment... and racing snowmobiles sounds like it was alot of fun! Glad you are enjoying the videos...
@@Myersmetalworks Yes it was fun and a lot of work. In the mid 80s we were getting 118 hp out of our 340 cc racing engines with is 22.7 cubic inches. We would turn them 11,700 RPM. Our sleds weighted about 375 lbs and we run on ice. They were built for oval track racing. I live in TN now. Been here close to 20 years now. We may not be that far apart from each other.
Wow thats alot of power and sounds like alot of fun.... SC is the state we live in...
Lots of helpful things you shared, very much appreciated. I was porting my 89 Corvette’s lower intake a little bit over Christmas since it was already off for leaking china walls. I struggled with my long shank aluminum carbide bit, with higher speed came more wobble. I’m thinking it’s the cheap HF grinder I was using, which made it very difficult to not get ruts. My heads are stock & I’m not planning on removing them, so I was keeping around 1/16” from gasket edge to try & keep from creating more turbulence where it meets the head.
I was surprised that the ports on the FelPro gasket I’m planning using are a bit off. So I couldn’t scribe lines across all the ports top & bottom. There is definitely a great deal of determining the placement of the head to intake & being able to replicate it when finally assembling everything. Finally I did use my bore scope to look into the intake at the head to see how well things were aligning, it was very helpful. Thanks Again!
Thanks for the nice comment Brian... I think both of my grinders are from HF and
the one thats the Chief brand is pretty nice and works well... I'm impressed with it for a
low cost grinder... The other one not so much... The Aluminum cutters are more aggressive
and some times with that longer shank it bounces around a bit... Good luck with your
Corvette project.... Thanks again!
Great idea! I may build one of these myself!
Hi Jared... I find a lot of things to use it on, and hope you find it useful as well...
Did you get it flowed to see how well it did?
Sorry no test data...
I can't wait to see this big block done and those stainless bolts look good up on top there the way you polished them they are looking good. I have taken everything you didnd and did my best to do the same on my small block build and it is really going to be a good running 383 when it finished thanks for the teaching I really like the way you work hope you keep on doing more builds any thing you do is truly a masterpiece
Thanks Jason! Your comment means a lot! Trying to plan for the next project once the 454 build is complete... I'm glad that my videos are helpful and I would love to hear about your finished 383 too- you can find contact info in the about section (details) on my YT channel... Thanks again for your positive comments...
Back in the 90's I had some serious oxidation issues using stainless bolts with an aluminum intake manifold. The bolts deteriorated the intake to the point that it was almost unusable as the bolt holes were deformed due to oxidation. I don't know if it was a metallurgical issue or not but I also encountered the same problem with stainless bolts and an aluminum boat transom repair using never seize that time. The bolts still bnded to the aluminum and had serious white oxidization at every fastener point. I have not used stainless bolts in an aluminum application since and i would be very apprehensive about putting them into an aluminum head. Just my experience. Have you encountered similar?
Hi Dave... I haven't had any trouble with the stainless steel and aluminum,but also have not been in a moist environment as a boat... dissimilar metal's do have electrolysis if in water that has minerals in it like salt..
Its starting to look like a working motor! Love the flapper wheel. I'm going make myself one of those. Any thoughts on what you might put the motor into? I guess picking a car out for the motor and installing it could make some fun videos also.
Hi Mike... Glad you enjoyed the video and yes still looking for a car... Hoping for some type of older car
Camaro - Nova - Malibu - Chevelle maybe even another Corvette (my wife likes them the best)...
Lots of crazy things that seem to slow us down:
the quarter mile track that we were hoping to run whatever car we get has shut down....
and we are in the middle of a big project for my wife (house remodel)...
and we had found a Camaro, but after driving it for a couple of months, I knew that it wasn't the right car for the motor- it would have taken more work that the motor did!!
So....still looking everyday on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace for that right car and the pickings look to be thin in my area.
Yes, I would hate to tell you how many years unexpected life events have obstructed my the car projects. What I see of the used/classic car market indicates there are lots of buyers right now and prices seem very high because people have more cash on hand. If I see something good I will try to let you know. I suppose you have some experience with putting BBCs in older cars and since the 454 with a TH400 is really heavy, (~750lbs.) I wonder how well it works in a Corvette vs. say a SBC. I had a friend who had a 72 Corvette with a 454 and he totaled the car going fast and trying to be speed racer. If you are not going to push the car on a road course I guess that would work. My 68 olds seems to carry the weight adequately. Its never going to be an autocross car, but when it revs enough to put out 500 ft./lb torque and accelerates in a straight line, the whole car seems to become lighter.
You are right- some cars just carry the weight of the engine better than others.
Way back at the beginning, we thought the corvette would be a fun "tool around" car. Then we had the idea to make it a drag car, but as I thought more about it I decided a "muscle car" would be better. Sold the corvette. Then the race track closed... So we are back to looking for the "tool around" car- even though racing would be fun.
And thanks for keeping an eye out for me!!
@@Myersmetalworks ,You think you can port match my intake manifold and cylinders heads for small block mopar
Hi David... Thanks for thinking of us for your port match job... Sorry were not taking any outside work in right now... But thanks again...
I must ask about the tape on the band saw. Is that just for protection or is that reference?
Hi.... We use it for protection on some softer metals we cut that have a nice surface finish
and I like your idea of using it as a reference as well.... Thanks