5 Main bearing Model A block

[Milton]

What a beautiful job! With my machining talent and equipment I will just have to wait for Terry Burtz to come through.

[hotrodA]

That's interesting! (to say the least) Keep the updates coming, and THANKS for sharing.

[hardtimes]

Originally Posted by Milton

What a beautiful job! With my machining talent and equipment I will just have to wait for Terry Burtz to come through.

DITTO!
Terry Burtz is to the 'machinist challenged' (US), as George is to himself!
Terry we are pulling for you...come on son, get it done..as we can't afford Georges' great work!! lol

[Kohnke Rebabbitting]

Originally Posted by George Miller

Did you not receive it this week, is the check in the mail.

The only ones that deliver here are, Yellow freight, U.P.S. and Darby Farkworts Camel train, I even looked under the entry room rug, and none have any record of delivery, I even checked with Santa, although he is still Mad about the imitation chocolate chips in the cookies, and the unstrained Goat milk, he was even unhappy about the New Playboy I left him, an he couldn't get back up the chimney. I will keep looking. thanks Herm.

[Larry Brumfield]

Originally Posted by hardtimes

DITTO!
Terry Burtz is to the 'machinist challenged' (US), as George is to himself!
Terry we are pulling for you...come on son, get it done..as we can't afford Georges' great work!! lol

If and when Burtz secures enough investors and pays them off and then works out all the bugs, George's great work may be the best deal ...

[Chuck Sea/Tac]

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Originally Posted by George Miller

The lifter guides are broken, I will be redoing them any way. I would rather save the good blocks, some one might need them for a stock engine down the road.

How do you repair a broken guide. I have a block with a piece out in the upper 1/3 of the guide, and I thought it was junk?
Chuck

[George Miller]

Originally Posted by Chuck Sea/Tac

How do you repair a broken guide. I have a block with a piece out in the upper 1/3 of the guide, and I thought it was junk?
Chuck

Chuck you could put in a sleeve. In my case I have to move them a little.

[gweilbaker]

George,
Are you making it full oil pressure?

Thank you for the updates.

GW

[George Miller]

Originally Posted by gweilbaker

George,
Are you making it full oil pressure?

Thank you for the updates.

GW

Yes full pressure to mains, rods, cam shaft bearings.

[George Miller]

Bored the block for 5 cam bearings, so I can run a Chev camshaft, that way I can run double valve springs, so we won't have floating valves.

[hardtimes]

Originally Posted by Larry Brumfield

If and when Burtz secures enough investors and pays them off and then works out all the bugs, George's great work may be the best deal ...

Well, if 'George' would/is available to work his special talents on an engine for me: HEY GEORGE,IF SO, PLEASE PM ME! Knowing that this ain't gonna happen, I turn my thoughts/resources towards Terry Burtz.
I believe in Terrys' work on his new model A block/engine and will expect to obtain a couple asap! I've followed his stated intentions and work in making his(our)dream come true, from the start! I'm sure that he has had plenty of backers, including me, offer financial and moral support for his success! It's exciting to anticipate something of this magnitude for us...like feeling of Christmas as a kid. In this case...an ole kid!!
I personally miss his participation on this site and sharing his tremendous skills...the way George does by posting, etc.

[spectria]

Originally Posted by George Miller

Here is a picture of the junk block that I put 5 mains in for the cam and crank.
This is to go with the head that I made last summer.

Are there any updates on these 2 projects?
They are awesome!!!

[Jim Brierley]

The Herc crank needs to be lengthened in the rear main area, some end for ended them and welded up a flange. Quite a project! George, you might want to think about RPM as flatheads aren't known to rev very high. A friend runs Bonneville, turned 150 in a lakester. He turns it 5500, that is as high as any flathead that I know of.

[Barney]

Great work, George. Something like this is a real interesting challenge.

But is 1ps per cu.inch really possible? I find it much.
However, where will you install the engine? Hopefully in a nice traditional Hot Rod.
Greetings Barney

[Derek Mitchell]

I'm going to watch this one, very interesting stuff going on here.

[George Miller]

Originally Posted by spectria

Are there any updates on these 2 projects?
They are awesome!!!

The block has all 5 main bearing struts in. I have a chev V8 crank in there, but that will make a uneven fire engine. So it is on hold tell I find a crank to use.
The head is all done and runs very strong. Right now I;m using the head on my hill climb car.
I have been working on my 30 pickup that was a real barn find, from a friend in Mich.

[George Miller]

Originally Posted by Barney

Great work, George. Something like this is a real interesting challenge.

But is 1ps per cu.inch really possible? I find it much.
However, where will you install the engine? Hopefully in a nice traditional Hot Rod.
Greetings Barney

With my over head, I think so.

[Chris Haynes]

Last I heard about Terry Burtz project is that he got a useable block casting. That was a couple months ago.

[bonesy]

Awesome - congratulations.

[MrTube]

Originally Posted by George Miller

The block has all 5 main bearing struts in. I have a chev V8 crank in there, but that will make a uneven fire engine. So it is on hold tell I find a crank to use.
The head is all done and runs very strong. Right now I;m using the head on my hill climb car.
I have been working on my 30 pickup that was a real barn find, from a friend in Mich.

What about a crank from one of the 2liter turbo engines from GM or VW? I don't know the cost or alignment issues but I'd assume it can handle the power as they are producing 135hp per liter.