Opening report - November 24, 2018

Putting the finishing touches to another Stage One engine rebuild in the CJ machine shop.

Base line flow testing intake runners	Exhaust port prior to porting
Machining out old valve seats	Sizing pockets for custom oversized seats
Porting completed, CJ guides installed
Front of head prior to cosmetic polishing	Now much improved
Surfacing the cylinder head deck
Rebuilt head now fully assembled
Gapping the piston rings	Balancing the crankshaft
	Hanging forged rods on CJ pistons
Crank installed
	Setting cam timing

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Corey has now installed the new custom top hat liners, surfaced the block and completed an align hone that resulted in the main housings being within one tenth of one thousandths of
an inch across all seven main journals.

Installing the new top hat liners	Machining the deck surface after liner installation
Align honing inprogress	Note upgraded ARP main cap hardware
Within .0001"

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Engine has significant top end noise and poor oil pressure
	Notice main bearing has lost its register on the left side of this photograph
Main bearings are wiped	Cylinder hone job has also been wiped
Damaged cam bearing likely cause of top end noise
Pressure testing the cylinder head
Cylinder head is warped and will require straightening and an align hone	Oil pan drain plug was stripped and required a threaded plug insert
	To be continued!
Welding the plug insert