Sheese! Has it really been nearly 2 years since I last posted? Well, in my defense, last summer, I spent a good part reorganizing my garage to better accommodate my hobbies. No I can't pull in and work in the garage. I haven't been able to do that for 15 years due to my other hobby, artistic blacksmithing and fabrication. However, I do have all (or most) of mine and Dad's tools under one roof now and have all of them accessible as well as my fab machines, i.e. welders, drill press, lathe and such, where before, the garage was a mess to work in; everything buried by the honey-do stuff that gets tossed out there "until I get time". But I digress...
Last fall I swore over a mug of my favorite brew that the engine and trans were going to get done this spring and to commit myself, I pulled them out and tore down the engine and wrapped the 904 up with a tarp and stored it for the winter. Monday morning, I took the block to my engine guy for boiling, decking and boring. Not sure how for out the holes were (not much by the fingernail over the ridge measurement), but we should be good at .030 over. I did some quick number crunching, and then googled a cid calculator, and found that at .030 over, it makes a 318 a 322. No real reason to report that except I’m glad I don’t have to go .060 over because that would yield about 327 cubic inches and I ain’t having no 327 in my Mopar!! Just sayin!
The crank mic'd out to near factory specs and so far, the valves are looking pretty good but I'm at the very least, looking at exhaust guides and of course, grinding. Once I get the heads apart and off the engine guy I will clean house and bring the trans in and get started on that. I bought a complete rebuild kit and shift reprogram kit; all new clutches, steels, bushings bands etc.
Well, that’s all to report for now. Next post, I hope to have something picture worthy to include.
Scott