Even with the extreme heat, I get a little more completed each day. Today was only 104*F, last few days were 112-114*F.
Almost ready to drop into the M37.

Any pics available? New vs. old would be appreciated.

Hope this helps. My '63 m37.

Some additional work completed on the engine today.
Paint head gasket/head installed
oil dip stick, oil filler, front pulley, installed.
I was given 3 spring metal pieces that snap into the drain-back holes in the block that are located adjacent the valves. Anyone have comment on these?

wires old vs new 230 (1).jpg old and new distributor caps (1).jpg 230 cap with wires (1).jpg For everyone's comedic pleasure, I have posted a pic of one of the six wire (most likely an original) that was hacked up and spliced to utilize regular spark plugs vs. the new wires and correct plugs. It ac...

These showed up today.

Do NOT use the copper spray on the blue side of the head gasket!!! The copper spray is only for metal to metal gaskets. The gasket you have sounds like a hybrid gasket and already has a sealer built into the material on the block side. I would contact Fel-Pro to find out what if any sealer should b...

The Felpro head gasket that came in my kit, is copper on the top facing the head, and blue paper facing the deck. I will use the copper spray gasket on both side of the gasket prior to assembly. The block does have some rough areas around the water jackets. The number 5 cylinder had some pitting bet...

Looks like a fair amount of material was removed from the deck of your block compared to our engine (~.030"). NOS pistons were .035" down in the hole on ours. I found my spreadsheet, each .01" shaved from the deck works out to ~.1 point of CR increase. The head's more difficult to pr...

Installed the new manifold studs with lots of #2 Permatex. Test fit manifolds on the studs.

Here is a view of the bottom as piston/rod #6 is installed. Notice the additional metal for Crankshaft balancing (circled in blue)

Installed the pistons/rods in the block today. At top dead center, the pistons are .025" down in the holes. The rod bearing clearance to journal is .002"

I have shaved as much as .075 off the head. always check valve lift and make sure it will clear first if doing this. the machine shop specs say you can shave I think its up to .110 off a virgin head. i put in larger than stock cams so checking lift is a must for me. getting compression up to 8:1 or...

Dusted off the Snap-on valve spring compressor. Installed the valves, springs, locks.

Looks like things are coming along nicely. FYI the Sealed Power pistons have .020" less compression height then stock. If you're milling the head and care to do some measuring raising the compression is free power and MPG. The chambers on my current motor are 80cc and yield 8:1. Ashyers, do yo...