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  • Title: Bobs 389
  • Description: We ship them all over but this is the first one to Hawaii. Bob wants to keep his GOAT happy.
  • Owner: Gallery Administrator

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Bobs 389

  • Once the Block has been proven crack and defect free then it is off to the Bore machine. In this case I am talking about the Line Bore Machine. Yes that is the first thing to do.

    • Once the Block has been proven crack and defect free then it…
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  • The main caps are quite obvious. You can see the fresh machine marks in the cap bores. You have to perform this step whenever you perform a reman. Why? Do you like knowing that your bearings are being held with a firm squeeze fit? I do.

    • The main caps are quite obvious. You can see the fresh mach…
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  • Once that you have good main cap register and are sure that there is no main cap walk on the dowell pins you align bore the main line. This will square it up to the caps, block and deck surfaces. Of course the square main surface sets the rest.

    • Once that you have good main cap register and are sure that…
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  • Here are the Camshaft Bearings. In this case I prefer the best type available. Now once again there are many other types made and many an opinion. Well these just work the best.

    • Here are the Camshaft Bearings. In this case I prefer the b…
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  • They are to be installed by my custom manufactured and improved camshaft bearing installation tool. Guaranteed to put them in accurately and enable that cam shaft to spin freely.

    • They are to be installed by my custom manufactured and impro…
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  • There are five bearings that go into the block. They go in only one way. There is also the main metering hole in the camshaft that has to be aligned with the oil galley hole.

    • There are five bearings that go into the block. They go in…
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  • If you do not know how to do this then do not feel bad. Neither do most machine shops. I remember when I had to pay for engine services at fast food machine shops. They would say "Oh it will wear in, don't worry about it!"

    • If you do not know how to do this then do not feel bad. Nei…
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  • The main line sets up all the other tolerances and locations of the additional holes and etc in the block. Once the mains are correctly machined to the tight side for the main bearings then it is time to check the other hole bores.

    • The main line sets up all the other tolerances and locations…
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  • Oh darn here is my secret to perfect camshaft bearing installation. Nah not really. It is actually my experience installing about 1000 plus sets of camshaft bearings that makes the difference.

    • Oh darn here is my secret to perfect camshaft bearing instal…
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