New block update 3.

[Tod]

I was finally able to get some time to do more machining yesterday and this afternoon. We poured a special aluminum Cleveland block this morning so I assembled that mold yesterday and did some machining. I ended up getting the block out of the machine it was in so I could put the final touches on the bottom end in another machine. I need to bore the oil pump hole and back spot the 4 main cap bosses, as well as cut the main journals so they can have babbitt poured in them. Don Snyder lent me an oil pump to test fit and gave me a copy of the pump blue print, too. The main caps fit nicely. After the few operations in this machine I will do the cam, main oil galley, oil filler hole, dipstick hole, and the oil holes from the main galley to the crank journals. It is getting very close. Don Snyder agreed to allow this block to be displayed on an engine stand in his showroom when everything is bolted together. Should I have Prus Jr. paint it or not? Tod