Billet SMX Block… SBC Roller Thrust Bearing….Back From The Dead 1969 Camaro.
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Steve, I was a gear head way back in the 70's and 80's. I could watch the CNC machines all day long and never get bored. I could never afford to purchase one of you're engines, hell I can't afford the merch but I do love watching you and Cleet. Thanks for the content and have a blessed day. 😊
The first part always takes the longest. And if you only want 1, that's why it costs so much more!
Hell,I would just order 2😂
How long would it take if you had no CAM and had to program it with G codes?
18:08 The burlesque music while showing off the “naked” block was a nice touch. 😂😂
Agreed!! Better than Pornhub… not .. that .. I’ve .. ever.. been.. there…
SM could now be an acronym for "Sexy Machining".
@@stephcooper5998 🤣
maybe those two need a room... grin
Beat me to it :D Amazing work :D Very sexy
Those tool paths in the “wader” jackets probably on a micro scale actually help shed heat into the coolant.
Almost like micro “fins” if it were an electronic heat sink… 👍🤘
i think that depends on how the water flows past it. if it's rough in the wrong way, you'll have little eddy currents that will trap a bunch of heat in pockets next to the metal. if it's rough in the right way, it's extra surface area, like you said.
should put your SME logo all over the block like a Louis Vuitton
Uggh... Tacky. Like Roland Sands bikes, every seperate part has RSD embossed on it. Looks f*ckin' ridiculous. 😂
That is a beautiful 69’. That blue really sets it off!
It IS a billet block, so having it look like one makes sense to me. As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
I LOVE Sugar Momma!!!!!! 😁😎 I was sporting a Steve Morris Engines hoodie at the PDRA East Coast Nationals last weekend!!!!!
😊🤘
Aluminum oxides with oxygen. Vacuum heat treatment and annealing should leave the finish natural brite. It's also possible to pack the surfaces with inert material like boron.
A dry deck, billet block!!
Is worth its weight in gold!!!
Such an amazing block!!
SME is my local hero!!!
Super cool!!
Totally agree!
How many billet blocks will you have to machine before you see a ROE? Including the machines, electric, labor etc?? Maybe too much of a personal question but I’m just curious. Seems like it would be in the thousands. I know doing it in house was one major reason for investing in everything.
@@86753092quick don’t even want to think about it.
I like seeing the tooling marks
Even the rough finish looks cool to see how the machine works.
Me too. Love the look.
when it comes to the finish, my opinion is...
the water passage areas that get covered by the plate, should be "rough". reason being, more surface area for water to contact and transfer heat from. same reason for fluting gun barrels. it looks cool and makes the barrel lighter, but it also creates more surface area to help cool the barrel.
everything else, could be smoother, but I like the rougher "machined" look personally. and it might also help with heat dispersion in the open air.
The dullness of machined block can be caused by old coolant in the CNC machine. Your new machine has fresh coolant so it protects the exposed aluminum from corrosion. As coolant ages it becomes contaminated by salts, salt + heat will make aluminum dull.
The hazing of the aluminum was likely caused by the heat treating oven having too much oxygen in it. You guys seem to keep their ovens as oxygen free as possible. I like the pattern you are achieving during the final machining of the block. As long as you limit it to only the exterior surfaces of the block.
Steve, the first thing I thought of when you hooked up the car to the hub dyno was you need to build some kind of protection around it. If that blower would have blown on the hub instead of in that room, who knows what would’ve happened.
Not how it works.
When a car is on a dyno, you stand clear. You don’t stand on the radial plane of the dampener, flywheel/flexplate, and most crest any not the drive shaft.
You can’t shield a car on a dyno. I’ve seen a driveshaft get literally punched through a brick wall.
All those videos you see where people are right next to the car etc. is not a representation on how it is done. Those can all collect a Darwin Award. There is one place to stand in a dyno room, and that is several yards off to the side in front of the car.
If that’s not possible, leave the room and wait outside if you’re not running the car.
Look at Steve’s dyno videos. Nobody is near the car and all are off to the side in front of the car.
A blown impeller is not a common issue so not even something you can easily do. It will be heavy, big, not fit all cars, create cooling problems etc.
He doesn’t dyno in front of 30 people so the easy sollution is to just stay out of harms way.
Steve - on the final machining *YES* but with a twist...at a very prominent spot (noticeable/visible on the finished engine - maybe on the outside of the water jacket plates) on the block - alternate the .075 prominence/depression lines so that your "SMX" logo is integral to the final finish (switch prominence to depression at the outline point of the letters).
Only function matters, not how it looks. In the water jacket area you should have ribs in the block to increase surface area and run parallel to the coolant flow. In high stress areas you can go with a more polished look to relive stress and avoid cracks. I see doing this around the mains and cam tunnel / lifter bores.
Agree. No use to introduce stress risers. Besides, there is elegance and beauty in a great design.
The groves form x shapes almost. Idk y but It seems like a straight line grove would look better like v shape or even a cross hatch in intersecting directions would look almost like brick pattern or if it's small you could almost hit a carbon fiber looking effect. But if that's cool and efficient that works just fine.
I had my lady friend of 26yrs buy a t-shirt this way she can become my sugar momma! Already have the napkin stating if she wins the car its mine! Fingers crossed, I'll have 2 sugar mommas that have the same year of birth.
The montage of the block with the cabaret music was fandamntastic! I was laughing.
The first one you need to mount in the office on a turntable with proper lighting. It’s a work of art.
Just became a member. YAY!😊👍💪
Welcome to the family!
Go back 40 years and look at our junk. This stuff is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful work. I wish I was younger 👍💪
Man, Must be nice to have all the THINGS to do All the STUFF with
Just wanted you to know I love your RUclips channel. Growing up, I always wanted to be an engine builder .but never had the opportunity. I have built a couple in the shop for my own race car but nothing near what you build. I did have an 6.86 in 1/8 th 383 sbc.. But nowhere near what you build. So keep up the great content.
Maybe after People see just how much Work and Time goes into the creation of a Billet Block they will Understand Why This type of Engine Cost's so much. Great job Steve loving this type of video, Sure has opened my eyes mate.
Loving the Engine series BUT CANT WAIT TO SEE THE WAGON Down the Track again.
Love from The Land Down Under 😘
Not to mention thousands of hours design time.
@@jonbraid2520 100 % mate 😉
Using that non polished finish provides more surface area for heat dissipation.
Might be pretty insignificant, but would be something.
If that's in the water jacket area, not sure how fast the water flow is, or if that would cause cavitation which might affect cooling.
ACTUALLY CUTTING TIME!, did you see Steve’s face when he asked his guy that? He soooo loves what he does..
Time is money and unless the end user is holding it up to his nose, tool marks are fine as they do not affect part integrity or performance.
Good to see our favorite doggo Dewey doing his customary cameos. Cheers!
I like the surface finish you were showing-off at 18:00 minute mark and it probably helps carry away more heat because more surface area than a polished finish.
Again, whomever picks the music for your videos is awesome.!!!
I would use a very rough CNC overlap on the cooling passages of your block because I believe it will create extra surface area for improved cooling
I made the same comment before finding yours!
be interesting to run some cooling test on various "textured" water passages..... more surface area to transfer heat to water.... e.i: .25" ball mill on .5 centers
I think the .075 step look is sick. But to produce those on a larger scale it maybe a little Labor intensive cost ver reward side of it. But I guess if they got the money. You got the golden jewel of a block ready to go.
Man I'd love to come over there for a walk through and meet all the crew, that would be one awesome bucket list thing ticked off the box ☑️😊👍
1000% the finish is amazing. I have seen a lot of billet and it's almost always cool. But to add a little art to it is just something you don't see often.
Sick idea to be able to trade sugar momma back for credit towards an engine! If I won that's what I'd like to do myself!!
Although I am a FORD guy, I really admire what you do...Love building engines...
I’m buying one. Don’t have a car to put it in yet. But I’ll have the engine at least 😂🎉
That is a beautiful camaro sir.
Love it! Biased opinion, I’m a machinist… more stepover! We wanna go fast. That’s it!
The step over finish looks very cool. Can’t wait to see the final product. 🎉
On your way to half a million subs Steve... I've loved watching this channel grow. Keep the contentcoming my man. Good work
Personally I think that the machining marks are what makes it cool. That could be from 20 years working around the old manual machines so I can appreciate what the marks represent.
Helps with water heat dissipation = more surface area and direction of flow
the rougher the surface the more surface area to dissipate heat which is a good thing for a engine especially a race engine
Offer the block in different finishes and see which one people will pay for as obviously fine finishes will require more machine time.
That goldish tint on the heat treated aluminum block is the nitriding process. Used to harden the metal.
Great Video! Always nice to see Dewey, even if for just a second. :)
Eye candy AND incredible power. Perfect combination
15:20 That’s a coolant passage area correct? It won’t be seen after final assembly? I’d say do an engineering study to determine what type of final finish there would be best for thermal heat exchange. Maybe it needs webbing lengthwise to help direct flow, or other areas left built up where there might be cavitation or a stalled flow pocket. Maybe the cover plates also need some special machining on the area facing in.
Tom is a big man, football player big, that car is absolutely beautiful inside and out plus it goes like hell. Thanks want to see him drag drive this year.
Yes I like the machine lines kind of like Noonan billet blocks I'm not saying to make it look like theirs but there's does look pretty nice also!
Man Oh Man ,Toms Camaro is on a whole new level ! Wow
Solution and age are done in furnaces. Ovens are for annealing and baking cakes. I would use a raw sample of block (specimen to use as a coupon for lab testing, section and mount micros) you could leave it attached the block and cut it off after heat treat.
I like the tool path finish. I would think also that it would add surface area for heat removal. Especially in the coolant and oil path ways.
previous heat treater might have used solution heat treating. you should make the pattern in the water jackets even deeper and rougher, more surface area to transfer heat. in fact, you could just add fins to the water jackets to improve cooling,.
When we heat treat after repairs, on LARGE forged pump barrels - the stud holes are what give us nightmares - imagine if you drilled stud hole before heat treat....
The pattern looks really good, but not sure about the step over. From a foot away it might look more like a seam running down the block. Looks really good close up though.
The finish looks great, it might even work as a heat sink and help with cooling.
That does not add anything in terms of surface area worth a temp difference. It's purely cosmetic.
Great video , very informative. I like the finish you are considering on the block. I do not blame you for wanting to keep Sugar Momma ; a very, very nice drive and drag car; it ticks all the boxes.
The perfect cap to the end of work.
I love watching your machining videos :) Keep up the amazing stuff Steve!!!!
I've had "yellow" degreasers cause machined surfaces turn to a matte finish, even when heavily diluted.
Love the tool path look!
Regarding your rough look / wide stepover. With that finishing strategy, You are actually increasing the surface area, and that might be a good thing.
Had to put my sunglasses on to watch this one !
I think you should anodized (clear or color) every surface that doesn't create a heat transfer surface. The aluminum oxide layer doesn't transfer heat as well as the bare aluminum.
The fist bump @8:37 makes Steve look like he has baby hands. 🤣
Mr. Steve, I would love to trade you back your car for an engine. I could definitely use one!!! Either way I would be extremely happy if I win!!!!
I enter in the first engine that you gave away, didn’t win but I got to see your channel grow. Awesome work bud!!!
I think finish patterns look awesome!!
Steve and crew....love your content!!
Your energy bill at shop has to be astronomical with all the machine work happening. Even on 480V 3PH it must be upwards of $10-12K a month.
I work at a event/convention center. About 2.2M total sq feet...2 out of our 3 buildings the energy bill is about $45K a month with 18% of the buildings supported with solar energy.
I'm not super Keen on Ascetics, i'm more a If it works cool guy, but that looks cool as well
My opinion on the surface finish especially in the water jacket pockets is a slightly rougher surface would provide sort of a heat sink effect. More surface area in contact with the water to provide better cooling. Could even add some small "hills" or vanes in that pocket to cause water swirl and possibly provide better cooling of the cly walls?
Equidistant toolpathing is always A+
Start entries to win one of your billet blocks please mate
Absolute work of art 🥰
Great content thanks for sharing
Beautiful work. My opinion on the surface finish is to have different ones in different areas. What I mean is the external surface would be different than an internal surface that sees oil and different from the passages that see water. I would like to see mainwebs to be a super fine finish, with all the gasket/o-ring areas different for the required sealing requirement. I really like long straight lines that show the precision of the equipment as opposed to a wavy curving style. Just an opinion... thx
Should the hub dyno have a scatter shield too considering what just happened in the Engine Dyno room?
Around what?
Thinking the same thing and yes your so right!
It's called don't have bunch people standing by car when it's making a pull on hub dyno!
@@jeremyking5684 man you could be clear across the room and get hit with shrapnel if that thing blew! Cut the bs!
Yes. Keep the step over it will be unique to the SMX billet block.
hmm the finish from heat treat is based on the atmosphere in the furnace- and the quench solution.They may also have a post aging "dip" to make it look pretty
Once he gets the programs fully proven he will find ways to speed it up even more when you get confident in the machine set up and tool paths. I think you should do one to show what it looks like if you do want that type of finish but it would also be a decent up charge due to the additional machine time.
I love seeing this stuff of CNC. I ran a few in my time. That is a sexy block for sure. Need to make a Godzilla 7.3L 445 C.I.D. for Brian Wolfe and let him figure out a build for a good Drag and Drive high horse power deal.
The big step over will give more surface area for cooling. Maybe. Probably not. Sounds good tho.
I love this channel. Always learn something. Thanks Steve an crew
I like the finish.
Very beautiful work 😍 much love from Pennsylvania 🥳🇺🇲😎
Man oh Man that blue Camaro is on a whole new level.
hi steve love the videos keep em comeing!
Here in Jefferson parish Louisiana the scraps would be crayfish boil money
Holy shit! Another badass Camaro!!😍😍😍 Absolutely beautiful car! What an animal!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💪💪💪💪
I love the idea of adding art to it, we used to make things with art.
Rougher finish if was mine - more surface area for air cooling
Oh no, I want Sugar Moma all the way.
Both water and oil follow the path of least resistance, so the smoother the inner surfaces are. The better the flow.The outters surfaces. I would just glass bead them to make it look like a cast peace if I am got full sleeper mode.
However for cooling water, a rough / finned surface offers better heat transfer.
Thanks for Showing The World How This Happens..!!
I run some billet 6065 cases on a big bore single 2 stroke atv motor...so much nicer than the stock cast cases from Honda. Billet ftw
the course finish would be better where the water jackets would be for the increased surface area?
Steve, Next step would be a horizontal cnc machine pallet center. keep that spindle turnin!
Time 1530 Surface finish. Regardless of visible finish, I'd put a rough or finned finish in the water jackets to assist in heat transfer ( larger surface area.
Just add the colon.
RUclips will automatically turn it into a timestamp.
15:30
@@mattmanyam Sometimes YT deletes posts that have a time stamp thinking ti is a direct link to something.
Interesting video on the blocks good sounding car amazing 👏 ...keep living the dream ✨️
I know it’s not what you want to see. The lesser resolution in step over in the water jackets would promote thermal transfer.