Holman Moody is still grinding cams for customers but they need you to supply the blanks . They always treated us good as far as tips and tricks . I don't know why I never ran across problems with fitting parts like cams , intakes or distributors. Some people did but I didn't. I worked on everything but the SOHC as far as performance Fe engines . The only sodium valve I ever dropped hil the piston and the other seven were perfect . I'm glad I didn't run into too much trouble years ago .
When I took apart my FE some of the old cam bearings looked like a pocket knife had been used on them. I installed new bearings and it was difficult to install the cam. I did the cuts in the cam journals on an old cam which allowed me to install the cam but it still needs some work. It is hard to begin spinning the cam but once you get it spinning it is not too bad. Once you stop it is hard to get it to spin again. Frustrating. If you would please share where you got the emory ball you have. Thanks for your videos and Happy Thanksgiving.
does chamfering both sides of the crank oil holes actually help increase oil to the bearing surface? I could see a chamfer on the trailing edge of the hole.....
I tell this to customers who buy pistons from me: it's not 1987 anymore. Pistons are made by very exact measurements and an entire set of 8 will only vary by .0001-.0002". You don't need the pistons in hand to finish the block. As a matter of fact, it's better than the entire block be machined before ordering pistons, so you don't order them first and then get a surprise that the block needs to have the decks cut way down, there's a nick in the cylinder, etc.
@lykinsmotorsports OK I guess if a set of pistons are 1-2-10's of each other and the set is exactly to spec your good to go.You do an excellent job with attention to detail both assembling engines and your videos.
