VIDEOS: How an engine block is made, plus 4G63 build in under 10 min.
Those of us lacking intimate knowledge of metallurgy and high temperature casting methods will no doubt find the video posted after the jump an eye opening, educational experience. For those of you that are smarter than the rest of us, it's a rehash of what you've known since you were in utero, so we posted another video that shows the entire buildup of a 4G63 in under ten minutes. A little something for everyone. Enjoy!
How an engine block is made
4G63 build
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bob-o 9:02PM (2/10/2007)
This Ferrari V12 video is more impressive. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYQNM-eVmTQ
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Aki 9:08PM (2/10/2007)
That build took a lot longer than 10 min, since parts were sped up and components already prepped. Cool vid nonetheless.
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epp_b 10:15PM (2/10/2007)
Pretty lame music (I'd have rather heard the actual noises of the machines), but fascinating nonetheless.
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Tim UF 10:16PM (2/10/2007)
Molten aluminum may just be the coolest hot metal, as far as how it looks. Not like iron/steel that is that bright reddish orange, aluminum looks like it might be cool to the touch, like mercury... except its up near 1800 degrees F.
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Lukus 11:03PM (2/10/2007)
That, my friends, is called "assembling" an engine. No checking of clearances? About the only thing i saw was a check of crank end float!
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Big jim 1:45AM (2/11/2007)
it interesting how they mold the engine block. as for the four banger turbo Talon, i seen so many engine builds on Spike TVs Powerblock, its old news. i hope the engine runs.
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William 7:51AM (2/13/2007)
i've been in motor manufacturing factories in taiwan and china you start at one end of the assembly line which is about 100meters long and you walk, the line goes at the same speed as you would walk slowly and its all ready at the end and tested... that bloke is slow! mind you in those factories you would have 2 people per each bolt and one or two people holding somthing
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Gil 7:56AM (2/11/2007)
That's from How it's made on Discovery channel. The crappy music gives it away.
Fascinating show.
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John B 2:50PM (2/11/2007)
I was given a tour of Ford's engine plant in Windsor a while back (where they made the 2.5 and 3 litre V6's). Unfortunately the line was temporarily down but I did see the entire process - much like the video. I found it fascinating the aluminum was pumped from below to fill the mold.
5. Lukus:
The engine plant just does the casting. All final milling and finishing is down at another plant. At the Ford plant, the blocks were checked for soundness of casting where faulty blocks were simply rejected.
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C 1:46PM (2/11/2007)
If anybody with experience wants to rebuild my 4G63, be my guest. And, just to be kind, I'll let you take your time.
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C 1:55PM (2/11/2007)
Forgot to mention -- 4G63 = iron block.
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BOB 9:04PM (2/11/2007)
Three completely different moods, couning the Ferrari vid linked by #1
TV thing --I had never seen this -- very interesting. Starts out with a blooper, "the engine block is the largest piece of metal in a car" -- they meant heaviest, or most massive.
Ferrari thing -- very cool, helps that I read some Italian, a little overboard, sort of "the making of the Sistine engine" by Michaelangelo.
Derek thing -- very well done, cool music. Sort of a shame to waste the effort on that 4cyl Mitsu, but "different strokes" (Speaking of that, if the guy wants to make the vid twice more, once with the guys in underwear, once with girls in underwear, he can pay for his education and a new Mustang.)
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David 7:12AM (2/12/2007)
They said largest single piece of metal, BOB. What else is cast and that size?
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Alex Kasrpzak 1:54AM (4/25/2007)
Hey,
We made this video.. christ I can't believe it's all over the damn internet now. It was only made for fun, not instructional purposes. Yes it took longer than 10 minutes, yes clearances were checked, yes it runs and still runs to this day. No this is not from "How it is made" on discovery channel or whatever thats called.. and if you hate the music. well, that's your problem.
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