[Rayzor]

This is COOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsmiIeAkE-o

 

[SixtyAte]

Boy...unreal !



Kev

 

[69-Z11Pacer]

That is one neat, and probably very expensive machine. WOW.

 

[Larger Dave]

I think that is a piece of sculpture. I have thought about doing just that after I win the lottery to build a super sized big block with bigger bore centers and higher cam tunnel for a few more cubes.

Larger Dave

 

[Peter Constantine]

Those machining centers are amazing.I used to run a 3-axis machine.I'm not a machinist but there was no one else,so I ran it.It used what was called "conversational" programming so I didn't have to know code,just tell it what I wanted it to do.My hat's off to the programmer that did that engine block.I can't tell you how many times I would program that machine and set it up to run overnight only to find a broken cutter,a mangled lump of stock where I had hoped to find a finished part and coolant from one end of the shop to the other when I came back in the morning.That thing could be some frustrating!! That video makes my Bridgeport look like a boat anchor.

 

[pdq67]

Dave,

I think you can now buy blocks w/ 5.2" bore centers..

And the old 500" type Cad. and 352" Packards are 5"..

pdq67

 

[1972lt1]

Come on Powerball Lotto!

 

[coach420]

I'm not astute enough about engine block manufacturing to conclude whether this was merely a demo or intended to be operational. I wonder about cooling jackets and the camshaft bore among other things. Definitely not mass production.

 

[pdq67]

I'm almost positive that billet aluminum blocks are out there that aren't water cooled except for the heads....

Heck, they ONLY run a quarter mile at a time so are fine!!

he, He!!

pdq67

 

[KevinW]

If you look closely around the cyl walls, they cut a deep groove around all the cyls. I betcha that is the cooling jacket.

 

[Robm]

yeah that is the water jacket. i bet its overhead cam too

 

[davidpozzi]

I'm almost positive that billet aluminum blocks are out there that aren't water cooled except for the heads....

Heck, they ONLY run a quarter mile at a time so are fine!!

he, He!!

pdq67

There are FORGED aluminum BB Chevy blocks! I heard they can blow a rod in a Top Fuel car and the block survives.
http://www.cnc-west.com/Issues Folder/2001 Feb March/60 From Newspapers.htm
David

 

[pdq67]

WAY COOL READ, David!!

Thanks for posting it..

pdq67

 

[dawg]

that is a minature sized not full size btw

 

[elcamino72]

Awesome, thanks for the link!