July / August 2015
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Here is cylinder 4, which is very close to
the hole in the front of the engine we pass
the tool through. You can see a good shot
of the wrist pin installed, and the wrist pin
clip sitting in it's groove. Once everything
is as it should be, a threaded cap is installed
to seal up the engine.
Next I like to install the bank two chain
guide rails in the engine, then the front
console so the IMS shaft end is supported
properly in the housing. The guide rails
on that bank need to be installed before the
console as the retaining bolts for the guide
rails are behind the console. The oil pump
drive gears are installed (highly recommend
replacing the oil pump drive key with the
LN Engineering hardened key). Probably
a good stopping point before we put the
heads on the engine. At this point, the most
difficult part of the engine build is done :)
- KARL
