Im not gonna lie, i was in the group that said maybe a pcv would help the situation. This is why its good to trust your gut and do you thing to make things right. This happens alot in the real world and online. I used to always have a service manage who would down play real issues that would result in come backs. Great to see a good result.
Actually, I still don't have the supercharger back from the rebuilder yet. That said, the Factory Five will be next. th-cam.com/video/j_6kuy4zN7c/w-d-xo.html
Real men have broad enough shoulders that they aren't afraid to point out their mistakes. Very rare on TH-cam, with all the armchair experts! Past mistakes are the foundation of experience, and why you can never learn something well until you do it yourself. Thanks, Eric!
That smile you had on your test run was that of a first time proud Daddy. I don't care what it is, as long as it is healthy. Your engine sounded healthy! Be proud of your new baby! Semper Fi, USMC.
I have the same issues with my Olds engine and I have been tearing my hair out. The series of videos you have on this are so valuable it is hard to put into words. Rebuilding w/o honing first and then showing that you have to rebuild again is honestly more useful than if you had just done it right the first time. It really drives the point home. Thank you so much for putting this out there.
So actually having the oil leak has turned out to be a good thing. Have to compliment you on having the balls to admit to your mistakes. Takes a real man to do that. 👍 Now it's time to enjoy the fruits of your work. Have a good one Eric!
The whole reason I subscribed to Eric the Car Guy was when he made a mistake he didn't edit it out! As a matter of fact, he laughed about it, said what he did wrong and fix the problem. I learned something and had a good laugh too! Thanks Eric and stay dirty..
Your face during the test drive says it all Eric. You were trying sooooo hard to contain your excitement : ) It was so obvious. Even I was shouting at the screen "HHEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAH!!!!!
I’m glad you found all the issues and solve the problems and it runs great now. It always feels great once you solve the problem. Definitely a learning experience.
Eric, That smile right before 15:00 says it all. I'm happy with you. I really appreciate folks who aren't arrogant but who can own their mistakes. I really appreciate your humility. And I appreciate your clean vocabulary. Channels like yours are the ones I want to watch.
What a great build. It's been a long trip and it really paid off. That's a lot of determination and will power to push through and be so thorough on the build. Looks great!
The pistons weren't the issue, I believe it was because I didn't hone the cylinders before installing the second set of rings and pistons. Thanks for the comment.
@CJ Malone - How would that cause excessive crankcase pressure? The lack of honing caused the rings to not break in correctly, and subsequently caused the scuff seen in 2 cylinders. That will directly pressurize the crankcase.
@CJ Malone The several pistons installed on the wrong side was the cause of the valves tapping the piston valve reliefs. The crankcase blow by was from the scuffing caused by not honing the cylinders.
@@TheLionAndTheLamb777 and whenever you change rings you should always hone the cylinder bores, regardless if they were new pistons/rings/honed a month ago.
I got valve marks on the piston crowns in my 5.7 litre Chevrolet LS1 V8 engine because the hydraulic lifters were jamming up & causing the valves to hold open. I replaced the hydraulic lifters a bit over 2 years ago now (November-December 2018) & the engine is still going good with no oil leaks as the engine used to leak oil before I resealed it.. It's coming up to 362,000 kilometres but it doesn't use much oil & I fitted it with tri y headers, twin 200 cell per inch catalytic converters & I renewed the twin 2.5 inch exhaust system as it had rusted out. Someone (a friend) snuck it over to a dyno tuner when I was getting a registration inspection done (Xmas present 🎁) in December 2019 & now it's putting out about 310 flywheel kilowatts according to the tuner. They have got that much power out of a stock LS1 V8 engine with all those exhaust & tuning mods done to it in Australia !
G'day Eric, Kevin here from Australia. I congratulate you on dads truck the gremlin (can we call him that) has left the engine. Happy motoring Eric enjoy the fruits of your labour. ✌ Peace man
Refusing to admit mistakes doesn't make you seem more competent; it shows cowardice and untrustworthiness. I admire you for having the resolve to go back again and again until you got it right and after hearing this thing run you got it right. Hats off to you, she sounds great.
Eric, I just wanted to take a moment to tell you just how valuable I think this video serves as a learning opportunity for someone new to working on cars like myself. You do and show so much detail in your process that shows like PowerBlock TV and Haggerty never show! You show all the gremlins and honest snafus and I am so thankful for that. I am learning so much. There's also so much to be said about you running a gasket match, hone job, and block wash all in your ordinary everyday garage. If someone were so inclined they could easily replicate this at home. I admire your relentless pursuit of excellence in the stoker and in the truck overall. Gonna be a bullet proof fun car to drive that will last forever. This is inspiring to me. I've followed you for a long time and I owe you a lot for all the money I saved working on my car myself! Thanks friend. Be well and god bless.
This is how you solve problems... excluding all the possibilities only to find your mistake in the most fundamental or obvious place that you'd never expect to go wrong. That is what makes it fun. Good job Eric!
person that doesn't make a mistake, doesn't do anything, having the skill to track the mistake down and put it right, that's how you learn , on test drive sounded sweet ! well done eric !
Congratulations Eric. those of us who do rebuilding/customizing/restoration regardless of the type, eventually get to a place where we can start to recognize that we are taking shortcuts because we don't want to start over. Our goal is to get to a place where we can stop at that point, admit we need to go backwards, and do it right. (someday i hope to get there LOL) I have always said that i don't mind doing anything, but i hate re-doing anything, and for me, the projects always turn out better once i get over that feeling and start again from scratch. As always, i really enjoyed watching this series and can't wait to see what you do next.
You are not only an honest man for admitting your error, but a brave man for all the trolls who will take joy in it. Get dad's truck back on the road soon.
Happy for you. Projects like that aren't cheap or easy. That's why it's a unique satisfaction not just anyone can appreciate. I remember the little woman asking if it meant I was going to be going to bed at a more consistent time. I said yes, I was wrong.
Love that hidden smile when the wheels chirped in 2nd. The work you do with your own hands is amazing, that is true feeling of success. And that mistake, is just a great example on how we learn. Your dad is going to love it even more.
I guess one must adopt the attitude not only were you lucky the valve weren:t bent, but you learned a valuable lesson. We had posters at my former job saying "ask others to check your work". I'm going to say nobody watching you engine assembly mentioned the valve reliefs, right? Did any comments come from the peanut gallery?
I am one of those that suggested PVC issues. My thought was all was well inside the engine. Great for you Eric in drilling down into the problem. Thanks for the insight.
I've used that exact rethread kit for the last several years and it's fantastic. It makes re-assembly so much easier, it has saved a lot of old hard to find hardware and is a must have for anyone who disassembles old junk in my opinion. My process with really scrungy hardware is run it through the parts washer, toss it in some rust remover for a day then run it through the thread repair kit.
Appreciate the hard work Eric. We always learning. It does not matter what age or years of work experience. In the automotive world, any mistake can happen to anyone. That how we learn in the long run.
It is always admirable to admit mistakes and just handle it. Respect. And of us that have spent 20 years in the industry have made a mistake or two at the very least but those of us that just handle it and make it right keep customers.
I have to say that I learn much more over what I do wrong when I need to go back and do it again than when I do it right the first time. Great video and congrats on the truck
Eric THAT is one SWEET running sweet sounding small block Chevy-! Ive always loved the simplicity, reliability and low cost of building a SBC, always great bang for your buck even with the older gen I SBC's. Your big smile going through the gears says the rest.
Thanks, Eric. I'll be referring back to some of these videos when I get around to doing _my_ dad's truck. Not building a hot rod like yours. Just want to put her back to work. Well, that and let dad hear her purr again after driving his Tundra for so many years. It's a 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 thing.
good job Eric. That's how you do it and so many people do not understand what it takes to get were you are now. All the parts and pieces take time to figure out who likes who and get it working properly. Its the outcome we strive for. again good job, and good on you for not doing it half assed. I have seen that so much in my career, and then the owner complaining that I cant fix all the mistakes he made at a cheap price.
So stoked for you, that you've got there with this, now. All that hard work and dedication and facing up to having to take it apart yet again, just to make sure it was right. Superb job, thanks so much for taking us along for the ride including showing all the pain. Hope you can really enjoy it now - you deserve it!
Very nice! And yes, I know all about those sleepless nights due to running the permutations... Success is nothing but persistence. And sometimes persistence is a cruel mistress.
And to think, I had guessed the pistons were in 180° off... Oops! Had no idea that half of them WERE correct and that half were on the wrong side of the engine... Wow. Excellent Job getting her back in her happy place!!!
I used to work in a parts store-machine shop, sell rings “kits” where they suggested to just install them without honing the cyl walls at all. I never agreed with the boss in the store about this no-hone point! For this very reason here you proved the timeless principle that cyl wall hone to break off the “glaze” is a mandate! NO Going around it as you proved here. Now you’re rewarded with humbled face and successful revisited engine build that was corrected. The word DONE is the best thing here you realized.
Nice work, man! Glad that worked out! That's a super-easy mistake to make with piston orientation. You'd think the head would be symmetrical! I probably would've done the exact same thing. There was only one perfect man that ever walked this Earth, and we just celebrated His birthday 2.5 weeks ago. Love the shot and audio at the end - no better sound in the world! Thing lays patches when it hits second! NIIICE! I miss that. I had a '78 Cutlass in the day with a Goodwrench crate and a TH400 built to the moon. I bought it already built, and WELL broken in (at least 100k miles of abuse). It wasn't set up right, though. The builder put a Holley Dominator Strip intake manifold on it with a Crane 292H cam, but with a stock converter. Thing needed a 2,500 stall at a minimum - I think 3k would've worked perfectly, since that's where all the HP was. All the drag strip go-fast parts they put on KILLED low-end - I mean, there was NONE. I got beat off the line of a traffic light once by a Ford Escort!! How embarrassing is that, HAHAHA! But once that engine hit 3k, HOLD ON! She was MOOOVIN'! Would lay a nice patch and kick sideways a bit on every full-throttle 2nd gear upshift. The first 5 seconds after mashing the pedal were super embarrassing, though, LOL! Makes me want to build another one after watching this! I will some day. Might hot rod my Silverado with a supercharger one of these days. I could always hot rod the '86 Grand Marquis, too, but the wife commutes to work in that all summer. She doesn't really need, nor have any desire for a hot rod, lol. :)
@@ETCG1 - It had a super-rough idle from that cam, too. Thing used to shake around and lurch forward at traffic lights. Made everyone and their brother want to drag race me, LOL. :D
Great Job mr Eric. Great Job. Admitting ones' mistakes and correcting them! I've been watching your videos a lot over the years and do love them. They have so well been produced. Greets from The Land of Santa Claus, Finland.
The nice thing about this learning experience is you will never forget about it again. I'm surprised with as much as those valves hit the pistons, you did not feel a large resistance when spinning the engine over. Like when you had to set the initial valve lash. The best thing is on one got hurt and your fixing the issue.
Actually, I did spin the engine over several times during assembly and didn't notice anything. I think the only time the valves came into contact was during high RPM and even then, only a small amount. Thanks for the comment.
Be tempting to just replace all the valves, ya got very lucky-! And yes folks, hospital clean is the order of the day inside any engine rebuild, or otherwise for that matter. Kudos to Eric for being honest enough to show mistakes (we all make 'em) and let the rest of us benefit from his experiences - as a young newbie I once changed to 1.6 ratio rocker arms on a SBC and didnt check the pushrod clearance where they go through the head, put the pushrods in a bind and ruined about four of 'em. Fortunately for me it didnt hurt the engine or rockers, only the pushrods. I should have had the heads clearanced at the machine shop and didnt - could have been much worse. Had to have the heads clearanced and flush the oiling system. Needless to say I was humbled by that little episode.
Good stuff - New comment on a 2 year old video. I suprised no one is talking about the correct piston orientation resulting in correct combustion chamber flame front as well as air flow with the valve being "un-shrouded" Good call to go back into it - there is now shame in going back in to correct.
I do appreciate when people can admit their mistakes and move on. Bonus points for using them to help us learn. Thanks Eric, and congrats!
I see my job as to help you, and others learn so that you don't have to make expensive and time consuming mistakes like I did. Thanks for the comment.
Im not gonna lie, i was in the group that said maybe a pcv would help the situation. This is why its good to trust your gut and do you thing to make things right. This happens alot in the real world and online. I used to always have a service manage who would down play real issues that would result in come backs. Great to see a good result.
@@ETCG1 that type R semi restoration next eric? 🧐
Your the shit Eric the car guy
Actually, I still don't have the supercharger back from the rebuilder yet. That said, the Factory Five will be next. th-cam.com/video/j_6kuy4zN7c/w-d-xo.html
Real men have broad enough shoulders that they aren't afraid to point out their mistakes. Very rare on TH-cam, with all the armchair experts! Past mistakes are the foundation of experience, and why you can never learn something well until you do it yourself. Thanks, Eric!
Well said. Thank you!
Yes sir exactly,, plus there's no better feeling then when u finally get it right and realize you are the one who did it 👏
mistakes are how we learn to do better.
HEAR HEAR, Spelunkerd.
Been there myself. Always great advice to pay attention to the details. Thanks for sharing your valuable insights ETCG.
Man! That engine said thank you with that beautiful hum!
That smile you had on your test run was that of a first time proud Daddy. I don't care what it is, as long as it is healthy. Your engine sounded healthy! Be proud of your new baby! Semper Fi, USMC.
Thank you for your comment, and thank you for your service!
I have the same issues with my Olds engine and I have been tearing my hair out. The series of videos you have on this are so valuable it is hard to put into words. Rebuilding w/o honing first and then showing that you have to rebuild again is honestly more useful than if you had just done it right the first time. It really drives the point home. Thank you so much for putting this out there.
Glad I could help. Thank you for the comment.
So actually having the oil leak has turned out to be a good thing. Have to compliment you on having the balls to admit to your mistakes. Takes a real man to do that. 👍
Now it's time to enjoy the fruits of your work. Have a good one Eric!
Admitting mistakes to 180k + potential viewers is no easy task. That’s why I love this channel.
That's worth at least 100,000 XP! Level up!
The whole reason I subscribed to Eric the Car Guy was when he made a mistake he didn't edit it out! As a matter of fact, he laughed about it, said what he did wrong and fix the problem. I learned something and had a good laugh too! Thanks Eric and stay dirty..
He is a mans man
Some serious honesty, admire that.
Nice Eric , even the sun has spots . Now you shine like the sun without spots 👍
Your face during the test drive says it all Eric. You were trying sooooo hard to contain your excitement : ) It was so obvious. Even I was shouting at the screen "HHEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAH!!!!!
I’m glad you found all the issues and solve the problems and it runs great now. It always feels great once you solve the problem. Definitely a learning experience.
I haven't made a mistake that fundamental in over 40 years, but I doubt if I would have the balls to admit it, good job Eric.
Once when a customer was distracting me I bolted down a cylinder head without the gasket
Eric, That smile right before 15:00 says it all. I'm happy with you.
I really appreciate folks who aren't arrogant but who can own their mistakes. I really appreciate your humility. And I appreciate your clean vocabulary. Channels like yours are the ones I want to watch.
What a great build. It's been a long trip and it really paid off. That's a lot of determination and will power to push through and be so thorough on the build. Looks great!
You were right about the catch can, and I was dead wrong. Never would've guessed pistons were backward!
The pistons weren't the issue, I believe it was because I didn't hone the cylinders before installing the second set of rings and pistons. Thanks for the comment.
@CJ Malone - How would that cause excessive crankcase pressure? The lack of honing caused the rings to not break in correctly, and subsequently caused the scuff seen in 2 cylinders. That will directly pressurize the crankcase.
@CJ Malone That was not the issue. Please watch the entire video.
@CJ Malone The several pistons installed on the wrong side was the cause of the valves tapping the piston valve reliefs. The crankcase blow by was from the scuffing caused by not honing the cylinders.
@@TheLionAndTheLamb777 and whenever you change rings you should always hone the cylinder bores, regardless if they were new pistons/rings/honed a month ago.
I got valve marks on the piston crowns in my 5.7 litre Chevrolet LS1 V8 engine because the hydraulic lifters were jamming up & causing the valves to hold open.
I replaced the hydraulic lifters a bit over 2 years ago now (November-December 2018) & the engine is still going good with no oil leaks as the engine used to leak oil before I resealed it..
It's coming up to 362,000 kilometres but it doesn't use much oil & I fitted it with tri y headers, twin 200 cell per inch catalytic converters & I renewed the twin 2.5 inch exhaust system as it had rusted out.
Someone (a friend) snuck it over to a dyno tuner when I was getting a registration inspection done (Xmas present 🎁) in December 2019 & now it's putting out about 310 flywheel kilowatts according to the tuner.
They have got that much power out of a stock LS1 V8 engine with all those exhaust & tuning mods done to it in Australia !
G'day Eric,
Kevin here from Australia.
I congratulate you on dads truck the gremlin (can we call him that) has left the engine.
Happy motoring Eric enjoy the fruits of your labour.
✌ Peace man
Thank you Kevin from Australia!
Admire a man who can admit his mistakes and then learn from them. You've gained a sub. Salute.
Refusing to admit mistakes doesn't make you seem more competent; it shows cowardice and untrustworthiness. I admire you for having the resolve to go back again and again until you got it right and after hearing this thing run you got it right. Hats off to you, she sounds great.
Eric,
I just wanted to take a moment to tell you just how valuable I think this video serves as a learning opportunity for someone new to working on cars like myself. You do and show so much detail in your process that shows like PowerBlock TV and Haggerty never show! You show all the gremlins and honest snafus and I am so thankful for that. I am learning so much. There's also so much to be said about you running a gasket match, hone job, and block wash all in your ordinary everyday garage. If someone were so inclined they could easily replicate this at home. I admire your relentless pursuit of excellence in the stoker and in the truck overall. Gonna be a bullet proof fun car to drive that will last forever. This is inspiring to me. I've followed you for a long time and I owe you a lot for all the money I saved working on my car myself!
Thanks friend. Be well and god bless.
Thank you very much for that comment. Words cannot express how much I appreciate it. Thank you!
The smile on your face while making those breakin pulls was awesome. Love to see Eric happy
I love it when a plan comes together. 😉 Happy New Year Jeremy.
Why Motor Trend hasn’t created a show for you is beyond me.
That smile/smirk on your face while breaking in the rings was worth the watch.
Change oil ring debris will be visible
This is how you solve problems... excluding all the possibilities only to find your mistake in the most fundamental or obvious place that you'd never expect to go wrong. That is what makes it fun. Good job Eric!
person that doesn't make a mistake, doesn't do anything, having the skill to track the mistake down and put it right, that's how you learn , on test drive sounded sweet ! well done eric !
I'm happy for you Eric, feels nice when you finally accomplished something that's been bugging you
It is nice to close the chapter on this. Now to bigger and better things. Thanks for the comment.
Congratulations Eric.
those of us who do rebuilding/customizing/restoration regardless of the type, eventually get to a place where we can start to recognize that we are taking shortcuts because we don't want to start over. Our goal is to get to a place where we can stop at that point, admit we need to go backwards, and do it right. (someday i hope to get there LOL)
I have always said that i don't mind doing anything, but i hate re-doing anything, and for me, the projects always turn out better once i get over that feeling and start again from scratch.
As always, i really enjoyed watching this series and can't wait to see what you do next.
You are not only an honest man for admitting your error, but a brave man for all the trolls who will take joy in it. Get dad's truck back on the road soon.
Great vid Eric! Love that you spoke directly to the truck at the end. LOL
That smile when you hit it and it down shifted was awesome I know exactly how that feels 👍 glad you got it figured out
So if you do it right, it runs great? Who knew! Third times a charm! We all learn from your lessons. Thanks.
@14:55 is the most genuine look of "I finally did it", Good job Eric!
Eric. I think I speak on behalf of most viewers... I really appreciate this video!
Wow thats crazy. I would of never guessed. Much respect to Eric for being able to rip apart the same engine multiple times and remain so patient!
Happy for you. Projects like that aren't cheap or easy. That's why it's a unique satisfaction not just anyone can appreciate. I remember the little woman asking if it meant I was going to be going to bed at a more consistent time. I said yes, I was wrong.
14:45 Look at the pride in that smile! You aren't sleeping tonight Eric.
That “grin” said it all!! Not just the sound as it was romped down on. Gives a lot of confidence to rebuild my 351 in da bronco!! 👍👍🔥🔥
Annnnnnd THATS WHY WE DO IT.....That smile .....Priceless. Have fun.
Love that hidden smile when the wheels chirped in 2nd. The work you do with your own hands is amazing, that is true feeling of success.
And that mistake, is just a great example on how we learn. Your dad is going to love it even more.
I guess one must adopt the attitude not only were you lucky the valve weren:t bent, but you learned a valuable lesson. We had posters at my former job saying "ask others to check your work". I'm going to say nobody watching you engine assembly mentioned the valve reliefs, right? Did any comments come from the peanut gallery?
Not one about that, but plenty about other stuff that didn't really matter. Thanks for the comment.
Try, Try, and Try again. Good Work Glad everything worked out for the better. Never give up is the motto of life.
That smile after the first couple pulls! Awesome, glad you figured it out.
That 4 barrel sound is just wonderful. Miss that...
Refreshing to see perseverance. Knowing the feeling of being on pins and needles while driving a vehicle for first time after a major repair.
I am one of those that suggested PVC issues. My thought was all was well inside the engine. Great for you Eric in drilling down into the problem. Thanks for the insight.
I've used that exact rethread kit for the last several years and it's fantastic. It makes re-assembly so much easier, it has saved a lot of old hard to find hardware and is a must have for anyone who disassembles old junk in my opinion. My process with really scrungy hardware is run it through the parts washer, toss it in some rust remover for a day then run it through the thread repair kit.
I normally just used a old bolt that was meant to go in there and cut a slit or two in it.
Sounds so smooth, your face shines satisfaction when u driving it
So happy for your success! I think this truck is one of my favorite projects, your Dad must be proud!
Well done. Excellent vid. It's been a long journey with the truck. But you made it. ''It doesn't matter how slow you go, as long as you don't stop.''
Appreciate the hard work Eric. We always learning. It does not matter what age or years of work experience. In the automotive world, any mistake can happen to anyone. That how we learn in the long run.
Happiness is a good running engine that has hours of work in it to bring it to perfection.
It is always admirable to admit mistakes and just handle it. Respect. And of us that have spent 20 years in the industry have made a mistake or two at the very least but those of us that just handle it and make it right keep customers.
So very glad to see the smile on your face that this has finally given you. Glad you found and fixed it. Thanks for sharing all the learnings.
I have to say that I learn much more over what I do wrong when I need to go back and do it again than when I do it right the first time. Great video and congrats on the truck
Even if u do it perfect.
Then u don’t know what to when it does get fucked up
Eric THAT is one SWEET running sweet sounding small block Chevy-! Ive always loved the simplicity, reliability and low cost of building a SBC, always great bang for your buck even with the older gen I SBC's. Your big smile going through the gears says the rest.
What a SWEET-SOUNDING engine, Eric! I think you’ve arrived.
Yeah, you earned the respect of people that like unicorns. Like honest guys that work on cars. Awesome!
Always a big smile when everything comes together and you feel it in the seat
Glad to see you smiling, Garth!
We never stop learning
Thanks, Eric. I'll be referring back to some of these videos when I get around to doing _my_ dad's truck. Not building a hot rod like yours. Just want to put her back to work. Well, that and let dad hear her purr again after driving his Tundra for so many years. It's a 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 thing.
Super happy for you. A pain to do all that rework, but it was all good learning lessons that you'll never forget.
good job Eric. That's how you do it and so many people do not understand what it takes to get were you are now. All the parts and pieces take time to figure out who likes who and get it working properly. Its the outcome we strive for. again good job, and good on you for not doing it half assed. I have seen that so much in my career, and then the owner complaining that I cant fix all the mistakes he made at a cheap price.
Dude! That was a massive congratulations, you played yourself moment. Kudos for admitting the mistake publicly.
It is great to see it back on the road and running amazing.
Thank you so much for all the information you provide in this and all your videos. Love watching you work and trouble shoot.
So stoked for you, that you've got there with this, now.
All that hard work and dedication and facing up to having to take it apart yet again, just to make sure it was right.
Superb job, thanks so much for taking us along for the ride including showing all the pain.
Hope you can really enjoy it now - you deserve it!
That's what I call a well spent vacation! Good Job!
Very nice! And yes, I know all about those sleepless nights due to running the permutations... Success is nothing but persistence. And sometimes persistence is a cruel mistress.
Thank you Eric I always enjoy watching your videos happy new year to you and your family I am from South Africa
Happy New Year South Africa!
Do'h 🤦🏻♂️to be fair Eric, fair play in admitting that you messed up. Many people wouldn't have. Keep it up. Enjoy your vacation.
And to think, I had guessed the pistons were in 180° off... Oops! Had no idea that half of them WERE correct and that half were on the wrong side of the engine... Wow.
Excellent Job getting her back in her happy place!!!
Wow Eric, that was a tour de force of engine rebuilding. Bravo!!!
It's great to see you smile! It feels good deep inside with pride. Job well done, Eric! And Thank you.
I used to work in a parts store-machine shop, sell rings “kits” where they suggested to just install them without honing the cyl walls at all. I never agreed with the boss in the store about this no-hone point!
For this very reason here you proved the timeless principle that cyl wall hone to break off the “glaze” is a mandate!
NO Going around it as you proved here.
Now you’re rewarded with humbled face and successful revisited engine build that was corrected.
The word DONE is the best thing here you realized.
The weird thing is I installed new pitons and rings on the Ford without honing and didn't have any issues. th-cam.com/video/K0x5BUIuEPc/w-d-xo.html
Yeah Baby! That thing is honking now. Very nice work.
Glad I'm not the only one who messes up and has to re-do all the work.
music to my ears , you got it right on Eric , great job well done 😃
Good for you Eric, your persistency is inspiring
Nice work, man! Glad that worked out! That's a super-easy mistake to make with piston orientation. You'd think the head would be symmetrical! I probably would've done the exact same thing. There was only one perfect man that ever walked this Earth, and we just celebrated His birthday 2.5 weeks ago. Love the shot and audio at the end - no better sound in the world! Thing lays patches when it hits second! NIIICE!
I miss that. I had a '78 Cutlass in the day with a Goodwrench crate and a TH400 built to the moon. I bought it already built, and WELL broken in (at least 100k miles of abuse). It wasn't set up right, though. The builder put a Holley Dominator Strip intake manifold on it with a Crane 292H cam, but with a stock converter. Thing needed a 2,500 stall at a minimum - I think 3k would've worked perfectly, since that's where all the HP was. All the drag strip go-fast parts they put on KILLED low-end - I mean, there was NONE. I got beat off the line of a traffic light once by a Ford Escort!! How embarrassing is that, HAHAHA! But once that engine hit 3k, HOLD ON! She was MOOOVIN'! Would lay a nice patch and kick sideways a bit on every full-throttle 2nd gear upshift. The first 5 seconds after mashing the pedal were super embarrassing, though, LOL! Makes me want to build another one after watching this! I will some day. Might hot rod my Silverado with a supercharger one of these days. I could always hot rod the '86 Grand Marquis, too, but the wife commutes to work in that all summer. She doesn't really need, nor have any desire for a hot rod, lol. :)
That Cutlass sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing that.
@@ETCG1 - It had a super-rough idle from that cam, too. Thing used to shake around and lurch forward at traffic lights. Made everyone and their brother want to drag race me, LOL. :D
Way to go Eric. You did it. Man wish I had your patience with vehicles. Nice finish to your video.
Great Job mr Eric. Great Job. Admitting ones' mistakes and correcting them! I've been watching your videos a lot over the years and do love them. They have so well been produced. Greets from The Land of Santa Claus, Finland.
Hi Eric. Love the sound and the bench seat . Job done nice .
Nobody’s perfect. I’m certainly learning from the upgrades I’m doing to my classic 66 Olds D88.
NICE! Glad you got the issues sorted, she sounds healthy as hell!
3 times is the charm, good looking block/cylinders!
It is always a good thing when the Valve and Piston top locations match!
The nice thing about this learning experience is you will never forget about it again. I'm surprised with as much as those valves hit the pistons, you did not feel a large resistance when spinning the engine over. Like when you had to set the initial valve lash. The best thing is on one got hurt and your fixing the issue.
Actually, I did spin the engine over several times during assembly and didn't notice anything. I think the only time the valves came into contact was during high RPM and even then, only a small amount. Thanks for the comment.
I can't believe it's been two years!
One of the best videos. Wish I could rebuild an engine once in my life.
job well done Eric, its that persistence, attention to detail, and sheer pursuit of perfection... its what separates good vs great performance.
I wouldn't be surprised if you net 40-50hp after all those little tweaks. Glad to hear it's running good
that smile . is why we do what we do .
Wow! That truck sounds serious now!
Be tempting to just replace all the valves, ya got very lucky-! And yes folks, hospital clean is the order of the day inside any engine rebuild, or otherwise for that matter. Kudos to Eric for being honest enough to show mistakes (we all make 'em) and let the rest of us benefit from his experiences - as a young newbie I once changed to 1.6 ratio rocker arms on a SBC and didnt check the pushrod clearance where they go through the head, put the pushrods in a bind and ruined about four of 'em. Fortunately for me it didnt hurt the engine or rockers, only the pushrods. I should have had the heads clearanced at the machine shop and didnt - could have been much worse. Had to have the heads clearanced and flush the oiling system. Needless to say I was humbled by that little episode.
This truck sounds lovely. Genuinely awesome thing.. A masterpiece that shows your skill as a mechanic, and a display of your humility :)
Good stuff - New comment on a 2 year old video. I suprised no one is talking about the correct piston orientation resulting in correct combustion chamber flame front as well as air flow with the valve being "un-shrouded" Good call to go back into it - there is now shame in going back in to correct.
Great work, Eric - so glad it's finally all come together. You must learn so much from an engine by having that amount of fine-tuning available.
I did learn a lot from this. I feel like a small block Chevy expert now. It'll be nice to move on to the next thing though. Always great to see you.
Great job man! Hope you are feeling better!
Attention to detail, spot on Eric!
It's good to see that it worked out in the end and that you have your peace about it now.