Engine

Last updated: 08/07/08


	The folks at America’s Engines in Collinsville, OK built our engine for us. It’s a 260hp IO-540 D4A5 narrow deck engine. We had them install the larger C4B5 ears to work with our indy mount.



	I just thought it was cool to see all those cases sitting on the shelf


	The crank is on the stand. You can see the counter weight with all it’s new components in this picture.


				This is the top end of the cylinder. Visible are the valve springs.


					We had the block equipped with piston squirters for extra lubrication and cooling.


The case halves are now being mated around our Crankshaft.



	This is the back of the case. You can see the small crank gear in the center and the fuel pump concentric on the gear to the left. At the top is the cam gear.


	The installation of the rocker arms is now complete


		Hooking up the beast to all the life support systems.... fuel, oil cooler, etc.



			Rick is unstrapping the engine after a drive home from OK. Thanks for letting us use your truck Jake!



	Engine looks like a trophy on it’s stand. It’ll look even better on the front of the F1.



Click the picture above to watch the big dog bark!


	This is the accessory case. You can see the oil pump in the center (silver).


During the overhaul process the piston rods are balanced. Here you can see the large and small end weights.


To a car guy these valves and ports look enormous..........


		Ryan is laying down a nice line of silk to ensure our case halves don’t leak


	These are our ECI cylinders. The pistons are peaking our the bottom waiting to be mated to the piston rods.



Ryan checks the fit of the accessory case.


You can see that the engine is almost complete and ready for a run in the test cell.


Funny looking props...... test cell clubs. Think we’ll stick with our MT........



The engine comes out the back of the truck..... all 540 cubic inches.



		Here are the ears for the engine mount and our pushrod tubes.



			We went with New ECI cylinders.


Case halves are being prepped for assembly. Our case is doweled and o-ringed


	Case halves are ready for mating. You can see the Cam in the upper case half.


Our case is now assembled and the Cylinders are attached. Lunch time!



The Sump has been installed and we are adding intake tubes.


Kenny moves the engine over to the test cell for it’s first run.


Rob looks things over before we flip on the mags and push the starter button.



Out of the truck and looking for the engine stand


	Sniffle valve: lets excess fuel drain from the intake system at engine shut down or startup. When the engine fires the valve is pulled shut by vacumm.