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Yep… no idea what or when, but it’s getting built up nicely. From the builder:

700Hp Rated Shortblock
-Incoming inspection (visual inspection, check mainline, check cylinders, check threads)
-Diamond Hone w/Plateau finish
-Deck (PCD)
-Jetwash
-Set ring gap
-Set bearing clearance
-Check crank straightness
-Crank micropolish
-Full set of bearings
-Balancing Crank, Rods, Pistons (adding weight is additional if needed)
-Traum Forged 10:1cr Pistons
-Eagle Forged Hbeam Rods w/ARP2000 bolts
-Assemble crank, rods, pistons into block

Plus any required machine work to correct issues of course. I’m also having a brand new Gen3 crank shipped direct to him…mine looks fine but the metallurgy and heat treat/finish machining are supposedly better in the Gen3 vs. the one that came in my Gen2 motor.

Shipping him my billet flexplate too, so he can balance the entire rotating assembly before building up the short block.

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Yep… no idea what or when, but it’s getting built up nicely. From the builder:

700Hp Rated Shortblock
-Incoming inspection (visual inspection, check mainline, check cylinders, check threads)
-Diamond Hone w/Plateau finish
-Deck (PCD)
-Jetwash
-Set ring gap
-Set bearing clearance
-Check crank straightness
-Crank micropolish
-Full set of bearings
-Balancing Crank, Rods, Pistons (adding weight is additional if needed)
-Traum Forged 10:1cr Pistons
-Eagle Forged Hbeam Rods w/ARP2000 bolts
-Assemble crank, rods, pistons into block

Plus any required machine work to correct issues of course. I’m also having a brand new Gen3 crank shipped direct to him…mine looks fine but the metallurgy and heat treat/finish machining are supposedly better in the Gen3 vs. the one that came in my Gen2 motor.

Shipping him my billet flexplate too, so he can balance the entire rotating assembly before building up the short block.

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Some old dude a long time ago told me the best thing to clean cylinder bores, gun bore cleaner like 99 bench rest or such.
 
I had one of these in P51 form. Got it when I was about 8 or 9 for Christmas. You had to bump start the things, then get your finger out of the way because they ran WFO all the time. One day the wind caught it, the line went slack, and it went up then dove straight for me. I threw the line and ran and it smashed into the driveway. Fun times, lucky I still have all my fingers from starting that thing.
I had a Stuka Bomber version. I was good enough to stuff my hamster in it and take little Fluffy for a ride... until I wasn't.
 
So you travel by balloon, train and running??

Congrats! How much is by balloon??? Asking for a friend!

It was on foot. This was a team relay for 100 miles. I did 34 miles. "Running" isnt in my cards any more so I "move" and my pace was a very consistent at 16 ish minutes per mile. There was folks that did over 100 solo. Last year I did 50 on my own.

The Conquer the Wall race each year is a 2 mile loop that is very flat.
 
Oh for the days of yesteryear when I could wire up an engine in < 30 minutes. Here’s what mine looked like a few weeks ago when I got the cab off:

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Two air and water-cooled turbos, plus all the associated intercooler/intake plumbing and engine management bullshit makes for a lot of peripherals to go through before pulling the motor!

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Engine block itself is only like 18”x18”x24” … a lot of crap around it really fills up the engine bay though, LoL.
No one is making you put all that garbage back on
 
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It was on foot. This was a team relay for 100 miles. I did 34 miles. "Running" isnt in my cards any more so I "move" and my pace was a very consistent at 16 ish minutes per mile. There was folks that did over 100 solo. Last year I did 50 on my own.

The Conquer the Wall race each year is a 2 mile loop that is very flat.
So no wall?
 
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Actually, the course is around a flood wall.

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Then this was the same area about three weeks ago. The "wall" is on the middle left in the second pic.

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I looked at a highway project near there years ago. If I remember correctly, the McCoy family cemetery (Hatfield & McCoys) is on a hillside just up a side road near there.
 
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