Any Engine + Any Transmission Part 2! 

Why can one man with skill and tooling do SOOOO much more than I see other bigger shops and multiple people on some channels. Always great to buy parts and throw them on but this is what we all like and can learn from.

I love how smooth that Jag engine block is.

G'day from West Australia, 😉 As a 3rd generation Automotive Engineer I AM impressed with your methodical approach to centralizing spinning mass components, creating zero vibration caused by out of round locating positions!!! "An old school sign of respect bestowed upon you young man" I tip my hat to you 😉🧢👍👍🙂

Cool set of great videos. I recently became fully disabled after a gradual decline over the last 5 years or so. I was the the first and only fabricator / machinist that my company ever had. I started as an operator and as my abilities became more obvious to them, my job description increased exponentially . I eventually explained that after a significant investment in several pieces of equipment and tooling, It would pay for itself within a year to 2 at the most, and save many thousands per year after that. They were interested enough and told me to find what I would need. I found a good Bridgeport with a D.R.O., a Clausing lathe and an industrial 18" band saw. My suggestions worked out as promised and it changed how things got addressed from then on. There is not much that can't be done with good running machine shop tools and the knowledge /experience of how to use them. These video's felt like I was watching myself during a days work. Man I miss it already. Great work, brother and Thanks for the awesome videos ! :) Subscribed !!!

Quiet please everyone, genius at work. It is so nice to see a straight six in a car for a change. It will sound really different and cool too.

If you put an indicator on the flywheel and put the indicating leg in the aluminum centering hole you can check your work on the alinement. By rotating the crankshaft you can check both planes.

What LOOKS to the uninitiated to be "rough and ready" work is ACTUALLY a skilled guy at work. Mr Macro Machines is actually quite modest with his throwaway line: "All I'm doing here is.......". If you haven't done anything like this it's NOT as simple as he makes it......plus he's quite adept with his bandsaw, his mill and his lathe. The learning curve on a project like this can be quite steep if you don't have the requisite skills....and a knowing eye. Measure THREE times and then cut once. Bravo to you, sir, for showing the world that an "average" guy with lots of equipment CAN do stuff in his own shop instead of buying the bits and/or hiring out the work. I, too, can't wait to see the rest of the project.

I am so impressed with this young mans knowledge and its application. When I was his age I would not know where to start.

Watching this is hypnotic.

Few things will make me feel more incompetent than watching Vince at work. UNREAL TALENT!

Me, I have been rebuilding British cars my whole life and some American,I’m 59. 5 years ago I bought a Logan lathe. My friends thought I was crazy, what you going to do with that! Recently I bought a Bridgeport, Colchester lathe and surface grinder. My friend that used to say that, is dead after too much partying. I wish I would have started machining 20 years ago. I could have milled/fly cut any plate to adapt to anything. My 2.5 car garages is packed. I have 2 cars in it also. I pull them out when I want to machine. I have built hundreds of things, from barrel vices to any tool I can imagine. Many could be patented, don’t have the extra 100k to do that. I’m RU-vid trained. Thanks for the time you guys/girls spend on these vid’s. We-all (new word) appreciate it. I like your car project.

Compression looks a little low on the Jaguar.

For pure engineering skills, you and Nick Blackstock from Bad Obsession Motorsport are by far and away the best on youtube, kudos

Watched with rapt attention and concentration. Natural Engineering comes from your past life, whether you believe it or not. All of this is coming from your subconscious mind which have already mastered, just that every one views you as a young man but you have travelled from the past and pursuing your passion. I love it. Keep on going Genius, you'll show wonders to us all. Still to check end result. YOU WILL DO IT.

Yes! The best notification is a Macro Machines one

Being a know it all old fart, I can not say i learned anything. "BUT", it's really nice watching a young man who knows what he wants and has the skills and knowledge to do it. Thank you for sharing all of this with the world, and i am sure a lot of people have learned a lot of things, like top tip for getting holes in exactly the right spot for bolts to line up. Machine a point on the end of a bolt. Cut the end of the bolt off to make a plug for the bolt hole, using the alignment pins press the two work pieces together, sharp tap with rubber/plastic mallet, centre punched perfectly for drilling hole exactly in place.

I am an old hot rodder that has done a lot of swaps in my life, and what you have done, represents the ultimate in skill and innovation. Congratulations on a superb instructional video.

First class work as we have come to expect and respect. It makes this old man happy to see what you do.

Great to see a young guy not afraid to get his hands dirty. You remind me of me, only a lot smarter. Great job!

There is 31 dislike here, FARKED if i can see what there is to dislike, your doing a great job young fella, that comes from a old fella that has been doing swapping since i was 14, now 68 still swapping... Eddie C4 Sydney Australia

I watched both videos in this series and I am impressed. Using good old engineering and millrite skills, on very basic equipment is just an awesome display of your skills. No CAD, CNC, waterjet... nothing but a mill and basic tools. I am impressed. Job well done!

That super glue idea at 7:45 is brilliant!

Beautiful work!👍 Wish you could post more offen. I can only imagine what the finished product is going to look like. Can't wait. Hurry up....LOL🥺🙂

nice and clean, love the use of locating pins, ads precision and ease of assembly

I like how you get the tap started straight! Get idea. Perfect takes time! Great work

Was worried about alignment until 6.20+ in this video. as a retired engineer it's nice to see someone so young displaying these skills, even down to tricks like centering his tap on the milling machine.

Awesome work man, love seeing someone take a DIY route rather than just spending the bucks to use bolt on or CNC parts! Major props for your ingenuity!

Thank you for explaining that the first adapter you made was still just eyeballed! This second part explained a ton!

You know, during this pandemic while I've been working 7 days a week it has been so hard not to get disappointed each day I haven't seen an updated video here. No joke, I'd check daily in hopes of more. hehehe. Well done, man! Keep up the great work!

This kid must've come out the womb with a wrench in his hand! Got decades of experience, early in life. I'm jealous.

The collar and glue alignment process was most ingenious; good, unorthodox thinking. I had been worrying about what the torque from a Jaguar motor might do to a Ford 3-speed transmission, but obviously a modern GM box should be more than hefty enough, especially in a light vehicle like the speedster.

Excellent job, I only learned one thing..... I need you and your machinery in my garage.

Back in the day I got very interested in mechanical design, I worked in civil and architectural design for several years and found myself applying for a position as an engineering tech for a diesel turbo manufacturer for locomotive and tug boats. ended up getting the job and spent the next three years trying to figure out how to get more power. Turbine blades and cooling systems, tolerances and seals, fasteners, weights materials. All very interesting stuff. I loved it. Decided to learn more about the manufacturing side and took machine trades at a vocational school. Watching this video has sparked that interest again. Thank you. I bet tomorrow i start a new journey.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh I get why you weren’t worried about the hogs head and the crank being centered perfectly.

Just brilliant! I think one of the problema we face attempting to try something like this is that we overthink at an early stage, then worry to much because we cannot see all the solutions at first. This video was really helpful to me. Makes me think I can do this to. Thank you😊👍

Welcome back, hope you and your family are keeping well in these times. Looking forward for more updates

Everything looks straight and true. The end product when it is finished and running, is to make sure there is no vibration in the drivetrain while driving at highway speeds and above.

It will be awesome to see this inside the car!

When your transferring multiple threaded hole locations like that, best to complete one, bolt it down and do another. It would suck to spoil that plate after all the work you put into it with a misplaced hole. Don't ask how I know...........

Not only are you a talented machinist, but the production of both these videos are on point. I was able to watch both parts on my lunchbreak unlike other channels where they'll waist an hour of your life chasing squirrels. Thank you very much! You just got another subscriber!

I have been working on cars for a long time, when describing it with words that whole process seems extremely complicated, when watching your video you made it look extremely easy. I can't wait to see the whole thing done!

Watching the first part my OCD was getting the best of me when you "kinda centered" the bell housing. You did address this in the second part. I am pondering how you could give it an absolute center as well.. and I imagine the more off the shelf approach that would not make either plate "Custom" to the center. But I learned from your videos and thank you for that. The world of Electric conversions is going to be all about this.

You really did a nice job with this entire project. Greetings from Arizona.

WOW! been hanging out for number 2. Covid has obviously played a part in your absence. Glad to see you back.

I binged watched your Boat tail Speedster videos and I am very impressed with your knowledge, skills and abilities. I really like the way you explain how and why you do things and also admit when you make an error. Looking forward to watching the rest of the videos as they come out.

You are one amazing young man, borderline genius.

Just watched the first Marco video from 4 years ago, a crude home made go cart. Now a mere 4 years later he is building beautiful bodies and frames and milling transmission adapters!!!!!! WTF!!! Talk about talent!! Did an alien ship beam him up and transplant a master car builders brain in him!!! Really he is amazing!!! Plus the incredible array of power tools and mills he has and the stuff doesn’t look new. Was his dad a car builder?? He really impresses me and yes he should have at least 500,000 subs!!!!

This thing is going to be so wicked when it's done. I cannot wait to see it driving.

Thank you, I watched parts 1&2 . Love your work and shop. I’ve always wondered how to do what you demonstrated so clearly.

Really impressive engineering on the fly. Kudos!

Glad to see another video from you and that progress is continuing. I had checked regularly over the last while thinking something with RU-vid had changed and I wasn’t getting notifications which seems to happen once in a while. I’m assuming you’re are now back in “school” in some manner and the video footage you have from over the summer has been banked for the time you’re away.

You are a mechanical genius. I wish you lived in my neck of the woods as I am considering changing an original 1937 dodge 3 speed transmission with a newer transmission.

As always, beautiful work using many machinists principles brought forward into the 21st century! The SuperGlue trick was awesome! I'd still like to hear the story about how you came to be so knowledgeable and skilled - be it your dad or grandfather teaching you- I suspect it would be a great story to inspire fathers and sons today. How is the college thing going? Know in person classes are off the table at most schools- are you able to keep up your school pace from at home offerings?

So glad to see you upload another video! I have been visiting your page to see if you had uploaded but RU-vid neglected to send me the notification. Keep'em coming!

That was impressive and very well thought out. I appreciate your saw skills, replacing a lot of tasks others do by CNC.

Great problem solving. Thank you for having the skill to do this and the courage to film & post it for the rest of us to follow along & learn. 👍

One of the most enjoyable channels to watch. Like others I really am looking forward to see the finished speedster! Watching your tank build then this one... WOW! When I saw your engine and transmission sitting on the jack stands (one in the front and one in the rear) it reminded me of a 1953 chevy I had with a transplanted small block 327 and 4-speed trans. At first the engine was mounted off the front of the block (like the 55-57 chevy) and a transmission tail-shaft mount like the next generation. There was so much stress on the throwout bearing sleeve that it snapped off (a couple of times!) This was solved by moving the engine mounts to the middle of the block like the next generation configuration. Old guys just have to throw in their two cents!

Love the build. This was an ingenious way to make your adapters. You are knowledgable beyond your years. Keep up ithe good work.

Great job, my friend!!! You have a Jaguar block, and Ford tranny front end, a GM tranny back end, let's just throw a Mopar transfer case to complete the combo!!!😁😁 You are super skilled and because you're so young, you'll be a force to be reckon with in the automobile industry with what you know and what you will keep learning throughout your life.🤙

Excellent video. Very talented engineer. Great to see a young guy using shop engineering methods to make adaptors....hats off to you! Wish you great success!

Maestro, number 1 fabricator ...............impressed Sir, thankyou

Excelent video!!! I ve put a Perkins 4 and later on a Mercedes Benz truck 1964 gearbox with a super short first gear, to my Chevrolet C-10 1977 (argentinian made). It s a mule!!!! I live in some lost sierras, and I needed it in that configuration. Of courrse in a much more precarious environment, so to speak. Though the adapter holes I made it with a lathe workshop.

Very impressed, I failed at this many years ago trying to mate a fiat twin cam to an X19, ended up having it done professionally, however they screwed up the distance, and I ended up spinning the second clutch disc on the end of the splines (twin plate unit) I now have better equipment access, and with the help of this vid, a better understanding of how to succeed, thanks

Un travail de mécanique malin et compétent : j'ai vraiment hâte d'entendre de six-en-ligne rugir un peu !…

music keeps good company while working!

Great job 👍 only thing I think I would have put locking steel inserts into Aluminum. Great progress

this is what i decide to contract a internet service. you are a hero!

This is literally my favorite series i have ever watched on youtube! thank you so much. I am not doing any of this but it really told me anything is possible.

Very nice and yea I learned something. Great to solve challenges especially when you have tools or access to them. Thanks

Can't wait to see this go in the car and run etc... I'd love to have all the tooling/machinery on hand to make things like that happen...

Good to see you back in the shop .

I love your machining skills for such a young guy you make me feel small I love your show .

Thoroughly enjoyed both videos. Thanks..

Amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this and post it for us to share the process along with you.

I was a little bit worry about you and your project lately. Hope you’re doing well and it’s nice to see you again.

Great Job,.... most people don't have mill's and tooling.

Ive waiting for this episode, thanks man for making a very good videos

Most impressive! I wished I'd gone into engineering at a young age.

I look forward to the next instalment; your work gives me immense satisfaction

I love watching your channel. It is amazing what a skilled guy can do with just a few good tools. Looking forward to the next episode.

First I would like to compliment you on the video, very well done. I disagree with your statement that the bellhousing does not need to be in perfect alignment with the crankshaft because you are making a custom adapter. That could be true if you accounted for any misalignment, but what you did really doesn't make the trans concentric to the crank. I say that because you have a flat surface on the housing and a flat surface on the adapter. The size of the holes for your bolts will be larger than the bolts. Bolts also vary due to mfg tolerance. This WILL allow the transmission to move about enough to create an alignment issue when your shaft bushing is removed and you are installing the trans from under a vehicle. Older Chevy V8 engines used a Truck bellhousing that had a larger pilot hole than the cars did. People who used truck housings quickly discovered the problem. The mounting bolt holes were all in the same position on both housings. It was just that the larger holes allowed the trans to be mislocated and bind the input shaft. Your set up should have started with getting the housing centered, or measuring how far off center it was.....and then machining the hole larger but concentric. Then when you made your second adapter, a lip turned on the front of it could have insured the same concentric alignment any time the trans was reinstalled. Again, I compliment you on your video and your skills, but I believe you erred when telling people that it wasn't necessary to have the housing concentric. The only way that would work properly is with the same alignment lip on your adapter.......but located off center to correct for the built in misalignment.

God that jag 6 is gonna make a lovely noise

So now all you need to do is add a little Whitworth hardware in there and you will be all set. Maybe a sprinkling of torx and allen to go with the amalgation. Some engineer some where is rolling in his grave. Well done. Keep going.

Looking good... thanks for sharing, ... Haaa remember putting a 4.2 litre jag engine in my old series 2 LWB Land Rover ... nice engines .... plenty of spares here in the U.K. ..

yo, the Car Wizard is putting A Jag. v12 in a 66' Chevy 4 door Malibu,...All the Lucas fuel injection is gone and he has 2 intake manifolds that will bolt up 2 Holley carbs...Rock On!!

Wow. There is hope for humanity. Very impressive,subscribed!

Pretty cool setup, I like the creativity and the mix n match with custom made adapters. Awesome stuff!!

As always, good tidy job and thought process lad. I have a question : If you haven't already taken it into consideration be mindful of the tolerance of the input shaft from the gearbox pushing against / touching the crankshaft. That would be a no-no and a recipe for disaster. It appears from the camera angle that the crankshaft isn't already installed, I could be wrong.... so I'm just curious as to how you measured / accounted for the length of the input shaft versus the end of the crank? Good to see you back, keep the great videos coming.

Good video and excellent workmanship.

Superglue! genius! I was was waiting for him to put a dial gage on the crank to center it.

You hope that I have learned?..I sure did! Thank you!!

Fabulous work ! I really enjoyed watching both part 1 and part 2 of this project. All the very best of luck to you. 👍👍👍

Just seen parts one and two of this set in a row. I loved what I saw, and subbed your channel.

You are an amazing young man, I can’t wait to see the completed car

That's a nice build, well done.

I do things that people tell me not to attempt like completely dismantling a pressure plate because the rebuilder didn't adjust the fingers correctly and now I have hot spots. Old timey shop manuals show you how, so why can't I ? Making Zundapp conrod bushings, pressing BMW Isetta crankshaft, manual machining is the best!

It is very interesting! There is a few things that lost me, but I am going to check it all out again. Awesome stuff dude!

Muy bueno tu canal! Buscando adaptación de caja encontré tu video y me gustó mucho ésta adaptación. Lo que realmente me gustó en el video anterior fue que dijiste que no importa que sea cualquier transmisión en realidad todo es lo mismo. Yo hice igual q vos tengo un motor que acá (Argentina) se llama TORINO originalmente viene con una caja de 4 marchas de la marca ZF que son MUY buenas, pero quería una 5ta sobremarcha. Ahora adquirí una GETRAG de 5 marchas de BMW 325 que supuestamente es una caja que aguanta el torque del motor TORINO MOTOR TORINO: 3770 CC CIGUEÑAL A LA CABEZA Y APROXIMANDAMENTE UNOS 170 HP. GRACIAS!

The power to weight ratio makes me think you're building an extremely fun car to drive. I think your fans are going to really want to see a good demonstration of this beauty. Do you have access to a track of any kind? And off topic but did you visit that Net Result place this past Summer? Rough time for vacations but lots of people were here. Another great video. Any big Companies offering you jobs yet? Stay Well Dude!!!

I was just wondering earlier today when I'd see another video from you pop up! :D Glad to see the project progressing