Re: Building up a C263 gas engine...?

Posted by the tractor vet on November 09, 2006 at 13:36:21 from (75.19.120.172):

In Reply to: Re: Building up a C263 gas engine...? posted by 460/560 on November 09, 2006 at 08:10:12:

Well if ya think that it is that easy to do then do it as i have been down that road before and i just like to see how much more i can get out of a given engine . Also when ya do one up like that it is rebuildable as many times as needed . Now i have never liked any Hd. engine that does not have removeable sleeves like ya find in a 806 gasser or a ford diesel and the jury is still out on the 5.9 cummins . As when the engine needs to be rebuilt ya still have to have it bored and fit everything up and when there is no more room to bore then ya got the problem of hoping that there is enough meat left to bore it again and stuff a heavy wall sleeve in so ya can start again . As for the trouble we went thru on this one it was realy not a big deal as it was down for rebuild and i always go the 263 to 291 change when i do one . As for the rest here again everything was at the machine shop and if ya want and engine to run well ya do them as i do them . I do not care what engine you are building the first time can be and inchassie the next one best be and out of chassie . When doing a D 361 or DT 361 or 407 you would be wise to center line bore the block .010 and go with the .010 over sleeves as this block has a tendency to warp or tweek a bit . also after the sleeves are PRESSED in it is on your best intrest to have a GOOD dial bore gauge and check the sleeves for wrinkeling as they do . Now after ya got the engine ready to go in it goes in like the day it was put in at the factory and you are not MICKEY MOUSEN things to work NO MUSS NO FUSS and ya have something that is done well and will run for a long time if ya feed it wright and NOBODY screws up like our fuel guy did . Not somebody is going to say that a gasser uses tomuch fuel well go ahead and keep on thinking that way . I have run both gassers and diesels doing the same job and i realy do not see that much differance in the two . Even running the 93 octain it is still cheaper then diesel . Up to a point , when it is plum COLD out and ya have chores that need attened to first if ya run the diesel ya have to plug it in and wait then ya have to let it warm up longer then the gasser and when a diesel is COLD it does not BURN all the fuel and that fuel works hard on washen down the cylinders . Were as a gasser ya walk up to the barn and start it up no matter how cold it is and in a few min. it is up to operating temp . Everything has it's place and the gassers fit in well for us . And they are the way they should be not cobbeled up .

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