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Rule no 1 never throw any part out until you have the replacement and know it fits

i ran a vf marloo the other day in my basic turbo xflow corty and left him for dead both times. At the next set of lights he ask's whats in it? i reply just a turbo 6 and he looked at me stupidly waiting for me to say barra. Then said yeah but what. I said just an XF motor. Ha Ha the look on his face was priceless

Craig Smith builds all his race engines this way. His engines have actually won Bathurst a few times so may know what he's on about.

You need to measure the crank for size,buy bearings to suit then fit and measure then fit crank and measure. Or you could measure crank and buy bearings to suit and just deal with it co I know 95% of people building engines would do this. I'm not one of em. Most don't check end float just pull the crank forward and back and thats it LOL.

made MORE torque than the lexus V8 until 2000rpm.. then.. less to 4000, then a lot less to 6200 i had wondered if i could buy the crossflow back and then find something to put it in.. like an XR ute.. would be cheaper than a lexus conversion that i'd prefer... the lexus V8 is the perfect engine for a falcon if you ask me(if the budget was $10k).. light as the xflow.. sounds better.. similar fuel economy

I assume you mean the different thrust bearing clearances, not the tyre lever thing?

Xflow with webbers...

Pretty nice sound, for a Crossflow here -

Triple weber Crossflow FTW!

What torque did it make? It's all in the torque... Are you feeling the x-series crossflow love enough yet, to get another one?

with 2.77 diff and auto it took off like a rocket.. would have been fine with a taller diff ratio. made 99.8RWKW on LPG, at 4000rpm.. would pull to 4500 but didn't have much up there. ideal tow engine if you wanted a 6, used as much lpg as a 351 though.. (but went as good as a good stock one..)

I’m waiting for them to bring out a digital tyre lever gauge [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] It’s amazing what you can learn from the old blokes if you just shut your mouth and listen. A mate of mine is mad for minis, the real ones. They only have 3 mains caps compared to newer 4 cylinders with 5 therefore they are susceptible to crankshaft whip and cracking. The old school trick is to have a bigger clearance thrust bearing on the bottom compared to the top. I guess they know, considering they spin them to 10,500 rpm and they stay together!

Block got a good clean and now painted also cam is in Sent from my SM-G570Y using Tapatalk

gas research voodoo cam.. (probably an EFI spec.. with higher lift?)

they are still in the bin i can fish them out,

I really hope that's a joke, LOL! If not, then you've just created a whole lot more work for yourself... You need to Plastigauge the bearing clearances, as a bare minimum.

it should be faster than a prius now though...

the good old.. I'll just re ring it.. rebuilt.. next minute $4000.. that's what mine ended up like

I took the head off and just a wipe they were clean ? There is no lip on the bore either and std size thats good news for a re ring Sent from my SM-G570Y using Tapatalk

That small plug is definitely the lifter gallery plug. I wouldn't bother replacing it for what your doing. If you do go to the trouble ensure you peen over the block like the photo grimmy put up. Those suckers are in the oil pressure gallery and you don't want them falling out. On race motors I tap them and loctite in a grub screw.