My From Start to Finish 6.0L Build

[Sam Harris]

Great to hear! And agreed, those guys are awesome!

 

[RAMurphy]

My oil pan was delivered today. Good quality and looks great.

 

[RAMurphy]

And now painted. I may add another coat tomorrow after a little touch up. But, pretty happy.

 

[iamdub]

I talked to TSP this morning and I learned that I was measuring the wrong spot on the piston to achieve the correct tolerance number. I'm going to try and explain this so it makes sense. As stated in an earlier post my pistons from a "net volume (-2.00)" are equivalent to a "flat" piston perspective. However, they do have valve relief and as such a section that is "raised" to compensate from a volume perspective. To measure the amount the piston comes out of the bore, I need to measure at the edge of the piston or the flat section on the other side of the valve relief - not the raised section. That would be important as I select the heads I use but based on my discussion with TSP this will not be an issue with the possible heads I may use. TSP also stated that once I choose the heads they would help me choosing the head gasket to achieve the proper quench and compression ratio I require. This company and the customer support is first rate. Based on that info I rechecked and the largest number was just short of .001.

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I was measuring where the Texas Speed logo is printed.

That flat part adjacent to the raised, "TSP" part is what goes near the flat deck in the combustion chamber, making it the critical part to measure for clearance, quench, etc. If you look at the head, you'll see that the shape of that deck matches that on the piston. That raised part with the logo extends up into the chamber area to give you all that wonderful compression.

.001" out the hole gives you plenty of headroom to play with heads and gasket options. I agree with TSP's recommendation to decide on your heads first. They can crunch the numbers, including the valve events to suggest an ideal gasket thickness.

 

[RAMurphy]

I ended doing a little clean up and adding another coat of paint to the oil pan. I then did two+ hours of curing at 200 degrees. It looks great. I will post a picture or two after installing it. Hopefully tomorrow. I ordered new crankshaft position sensor, camshaft position sensor, oil pressure sending unit, coolant temp sensor and oil quantity sensors. Still weighing pros and cons on the heads I will utilize on this build. Do I try to keep within my budget or just blow it all to hell at this point.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I ended doing a little clean up and adding another coat of paint to the oil pan. I then did two+ hours of curing at 200 degrees. It looks great. I will post a picture or two after installing it. Hopefully tomorrow. I ordered new crankshaft position sensor, camshaft position sensor, oil pressure sending unit, coolant temp sensor and oil quantity sensors. Still weighing pros and cons on the heads I will utilize on this build. Do I try to keep within my budget or just blow it all to hell at this point.

Did you go OEM on the sensors?

 

[RAMurphy]

Absolutely.

 

[iamdub]

I ended doing a little clean up and adding another coat of paint to the oil pan. I then did two+ hours of curing at 200 degrees. It looks great. I will post a picture or two after installing it. Hopefully tomorrow. I ordered new crankshaft position sensor, camshaft position sensor, oil pressure sending unit, coolant temp sensor and oil quantity sensors. Still weighing pros and cons on the heads I will utilize on this build. Do I try to keep within my budget or just blow it all to hell at this point.

If staying NA, heads and cam are all where your power is. They should complement each other. How far you wanna go is all up to you. How many of these are you gonna build? If you do go all-out on this one and still end up building again later, it's likely the heads will be transferable to that build. Or an easy sell if not or not wanted.

 

[Sam Harris]

I ended doing a little clean up and adding another coat of paint to the oil pan. I then did two+ hours of curing at 200 degrees. It looks great. I will post a picture or two after installing it. Hopefully tomorrow. I ordered new crankshaft position sensor, camshaft position sensor, oil pressure sending unit, coolant temp sensor and oil quantity sensors. Still weighing pros and cons on the heads I will utilize on this build. Do I try to keep within my budget or just blow it all to hell at this point.

Hmmm.. Trick Flow..

I am quite happy with my PRC heads from TSP.

 

[RAMurphy]

Depending on the hour and the day - I've been leaning towards the heads from TSP. But wow - the price.

 

[RAMurphy]

If staying NA, heads and cam are all where your power is. They should complement each other. How far you wanna go is all up to you. How many of these are you gonna build? If you do go all-out on this one and still end up building again later, it's likely the heads will be transferable to that build. Or an easy sell if not or not wanted.

Yep. My thoughts exactly but I don't see myself doing this again. Heck, you never know.

 

[RAMurphy]

Oil Pan installed. I like the look, it turned out pretty good.

 

[Rocket Man]

Oil Pan installed. I like the look, it turned out pretty good.

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Black n blue!

 

[iamdub]

Yep. My thoughts exactly but I don't see myself doing this again. Heck, you never know.

Whichever way you go, we'll be right here to help you spend your money.

 

[Sam Harris]

Depending on the hour and the day - I've been leaning towards the heads from TSP. But wow - the price.

Yeah, they’re spendy. But I was really happy to have them assembled and ready to go with new everything, titanium retainers, dual springs, new valves, seals, etc.. the head assembly is something I’ll eventually want to learn / do myself, but wasn’t in the cards for this round.

 

[RAMurphy]

Still here and continuing to put away some funds for my heads. Unfortunately, that process has slowed as we focused on our Beagle the last couple of weeks.

 

[RAMurphy]

On a good news front - my repaired crankshaft is on the way back to and should arrive tomorrow,. Unfortunately, my wife and I received some bad news on Tuesday. A CT scan of our 14 year old Beagle (my little buddy) indicates he has cancer. Heading off to an oncologist next week to determine type, if its treatable or the alternative I'm not ready for yet.

Update. After numerous additional tests and appointments we have been told that our Beagle's cancer is not treatable. After several weeks of medication adjustments we have finally found the solution set that allows him exceptional comfort and he is moving around great and is still such a happy dog. At the end of the day, he lays at my feet until it is time for bed. Boy, I'm going to miss my little friend.

 

[Rocket Man]

Update. After numerous additional tests and appointments we have been told that our Beagle's cancer is not treatable. After several weeks of medication adjustments we have finally found the solution set that allows him exceptional comfort and he is moving around great and is still such a happy dog. At the end of the day, he lays at my feet until it is time for bed. Boy, I'm going to miss my little friend.

Oh man so sorry to hear that Bob. I went through cancer with my last dog, he had surgeries to remove it but in the end the cancer won. It’s so ******* a person as well as our fur buddy. I’m glad to hear he’s comfortable, he’s a lucky dog to have such good people.

 

[RAMurphy]

Thank you Mark. It's hard, as you know, to go through but so happy for the happiness and love he has brought these past 14 years - and still does today. Molly, our other dog knows something is wrong because she constantly licks him and lays by his side all the time - it brings tears to our eyes.

 

[mattbta]

It's never easy. I've lost two greyhounds to bone cancer. Hang in there and best wishes.