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This guy built a 1/4 scale 308 from scratch over the course of 4 years.  He machined the heads and block out of aluminum.

 

The first few minutes shows him starting it for the first time, and the last half of the video shows him putting it together. Fun to watch if you're a motor head.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trYTHwha28s#t=1051

 

 

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Just the thought of all the machining makes my eyes water. Valves, pushrods, cam........rather watch someone else's pain.

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Both of my grandfathers were machinists and they both made some amazing things. Both worked in aircraft plants during WWII and I still have a sodium cooled engine valve from a bomber that one of them made. It's become a lost art form today. When I was in high school in the 70's they still had trade schools to train machinists but those days are gone. Not sure where you can learn the craft today. We don't make things any more. We just send the raw materials to other countries so they can make it cheaper and sell it back to us.  

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Those engines are nothing short of incredible.

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That link @@little_old_man set me back 2 hours because not only did I watch that video a couple times I kept clicking on more related videos and suddenly BOOM 2 hours smoked by.

 

Thanks for that.

 

I need to go wipe down my wrench's  . . . .  . .they're a little greasy      :lol:

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Those engines are nothing short of incredible.

Gearhead Porno

 

That link @@little_old_man set me back 2 hours because not only did I watch that video a couple times I kept clicking on more related videos and suddenly BOOM 2 hours smoked by.

 

Thanks for that.

 

I need to go wipe down my wrench's  . . . .  . .they're a little greasy      :lol:

 

I hate it when that happens. It's like a drug you can't get enough of and before you know it you've blown a few hours.

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