My 454 Rebuild

[yevgenievich]

last time I checked it was $20. I just went on with my e38 ecu swap instead anyway. Getting pinout for the year of ecu and 411 ecu should be sufficient to get started

 

[Supercharged111]

Getting pinout for the year of ecu and 411 ecu should be sufficient to get started

This is all you need.

 

[Erik the Awful]

The second machinist should have asked you to supply the pistons with the block, and I think some machinists are too used to dealing with guys who know their routine.

You certainly don't want a machinist to just bore it .060" over. About two years ago I had a block machined, and when I tried to endgap the rings they came up with a tad too much gap. I measured the bores and they were all 4.033" When I asked the machinist about it, he pulled out a micrometer and showed me that my pistons were all exactly 4.030" instead of the normal 4.027" diameter. He bored the block specifically to match my pistons. I don't have a 355, I have a 356!

 

[Spareparts]

Yeah, things have changes since the last time i rebuilt a engine about 25 years ago. Was a ford 429,4V.
Just dropped the block off and told them what i wanted. Week later i had the bare block back. Got it back together and my grandfather drove that 1969 Merc Marquis for years without a single problem.

 

[ralmo94]

As far as I have ever known, the only time they will bore a block without your pistons, is if they are supplying the pistons. I am surprised they didn't say anything when you dropped it off though.

 

[Spareparts]

They probably did. I just don't remember.

 

[Spareparts]

Anyone know what roller rockers will fit under the stock valve covers with short Poly Locks?

 

[yevgenievich]

Comp Cams Ultra Magnum barely fit, but not with lock nuts that they supply. I ended up raising my valve covers

 

[Supercharged111]

Comp Cams Ultra Magnum barely fit, but not with lock nuts that they supply. I ended up raising my valve covers

Did you raise the covers and keep the locks supplied or raise them with shorter locks?

 

[yevgenievich]

Did you raise the covers and keep the locks supplied or raise them with shorter locks?

I used locks that were supplied. Which made the need to raise the covers. Initially was planning to get shorter ones, but was faster to raise the valve covers.