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Old 09-26-2018, 07:13 PM   #43
Rich Biebel
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Default Re: 302 Chevrolet Engine Build

I did block and head machine work for years. Milled blocks square on a Storm Vulcan 85B and used a Kwik Way FN boring bar directly on the block decks. That was pretty common going back many years before better equipment and fixturing came along. I counterbored the bottom of any blocks that had webbing that would interfere with honing stones. I offset the boring bar and used it to machine the web back from the cylinder bore at the bottom. Milling stock blocks I often found them twisted side to side. Right front up a little, left front down a little and opposite at the rear of the block. I would be happy as a pig in you know what if I had those machines and spent all day everyday doing that work as I did 30 years ago. Milled and bore blocks at the same time. Radio playing and smokin a cig . Lol Throw in some heads and rods and just about everything else done in an engine shop. The work I loved to do most. Machine and build engines.
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