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| The first three Genesis 427 blocks are completed. |
| By Dave Shoe - 08/24/2002 12:20:02 PM; IP 67.4.132.204 |
I just spoke to Tim at www.Genesis427.com and learned they are stuffing the guts from a donor 427 engine into their furst fully qualified Genesis 427 block. He has two other blocks fully machined in the back of his truck and they will be at Columbus Ohio in six days for the show and swap. The block they are assembling today will be dropped into a Maverick and will be at the show (if I recall correctly). The second block is for show and tell. The third will be sliced up for the show.
Production has moved to an ISO 9001 qualified aerospace shop and each block is checked on a CMM (coordinate measurement machine) to assure all dimensions are exact. A CMM is a fully computerized machine which precisely and automatically checks dimensions in 3D space and can print out the results.
Block weight is 219 pounds, which is 26 pounds heavier than a NOS 427 block. At 2.250 bore there is .250 thrust wall. Core shift has been eliminated by the addition of two core plugs at the rear of the block similar to the core plugs found on the early 1958 FEs. Chaplets were also added to the galley side of the jacket core. You can find chaplets, also known as "core bolts", in most (maybe all?) FEs just by looking inside the center core plug hole for a steel rod.
Production capacity is presently 40 blocks per week, and the process is apparently set up quite efficiently, so ramp-up should be rapid. With luck, the block should be a "shelf stock" item within two months.
Columbus should be interesting. Expect updated info on new 428 cranks and new MR heads at the Genesis booth, too.
Shoe. |
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