The Honing Business Cylinder Bore-Specific Honing Procedures Assure Optimum Performance from a Rebuilt Engine
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EP 04-2008 Cover 4/2/08 10:05 AM Page 1 LEARN MORE ABOUT AERA MEMBERSHIP AND HOW IT CAN HELP MAKE YOUR BUSINESS THE BEST IT CAN BE The Honing Business Cylinder bore-specific honing procedures assure optimum performance from a rebuilt engine The Perfection of Diesel an AERA international quarterly publication Engine Cylinder Bores APRIL - JUNE 2008 OEM honing considerations as they relate to the engine remanufacturing industry New Honing Options for Hypereutectic Aluminum Cylinder Bores Tips on honing this special aluminum alloy cylinder material the right way PLUS M • Bob Greenwood • Technical Bulletins • AERA E85 Shootout Results EP 04-2008 Cover 4/2/08 10:05 AM Page 2 MAHLE Original® engine parts take the heritage of quality synonymous with both Clevite and MAHLE and bring it to an even higher level. MAHLE Original is the perfect complement to an engine parts line already featuring superior brands like Clevite, Victor Reinz and Perfect Circle. The MAHLE Original brand continues its global recognition; in fact, MAHLE Original is now an exclusive NASCAR Performance brand in a variety of categories, for more information on this or anything else, visit MAHLE Clevite Inc. online. www.mahleclevite.com THEY CALL IT QUALITY WE SPELL IT MAHLE. EP 04-2008 1-18 4/2/08 9:43 AM Page 1 WE HAVE A SUPERIORITY COMPLEX. Superior sealing technologies born in original equipment and perfected for the aftermarket make Victor Reinz the only choice for sealing aftermarket applications. New technologies exclusive to Victor Reinz provide optimum performance engineered for specific applications in every engine. Victor Reinz is the preeminent choice in gasket manufacturing. www.mahleclevite.com engine professional APR-JUN 2008 1 EP 04-2008 1-18 4/2/08 9:45 AM Page 2 CONTENTS 4 FROM THE PUBLISHER By John Goodman VOLUME 1, NUMBER 2 An AERA membership can help make your business the best it can be. PUBLISHER AERA - Engine Builders Association 6 INDUSTRY NEWS 500 Coventry Lane, Suite 180 Welcome to new AERA members, calendar of Crystal Lake, IL 60014 events, news and views. 847-541-6550 847-541-5808 fax 8 THE HONING BUSINESS Chairman of the Board By Dave Emanuel Domingo Gonzales Cylinder bore-specific procedures assure optimum Pharr, TX performance from a rebuilt engine. First Vice Chairman Allen Lyon 10 PERFECTION OF DIESEL ENGINE Farmington, NM CYLINDER BORES Second Vice Chairman By David Chobany Mike Eighmy A review of OEM honing considerations as they Rockford, IL relate to the engine remanufacturing industry. Treasurer 8 Rob Munro 20 NEW HONING OPTIONS FOR Kamloops, BC Canada HYPEREUTECTIC ALUMINUM President CYLINDER BORES John Goodman By Tim Meara Know the do’s and don’ts when honing this EDITOR special aluminum alloy cylinder material filled John Goodman [email protected] with very hard glass-like particles. ASSOCIATE EDITOR 30 BUSINESS NEWS Jim Rickoff By Bob Greenwood [email protected] Having bank financing problems? Know the rules of the game! TECHNICAL EDITORS Dave Hagen 34 IN TOUCH 20 [email protected] By Jim Rickoff Steve Fox Results of the AERA E85 Power Shootout held [email protected] on the show floor of the Hotrod Show in Indy. Mike Caruso [email protected] 49 TECH BULLETINS Gary Lewis [email protected] 54 AERA TECH SERVICES Mike Eighmy By Dave Hagen, Mike Caruso and Steve Fox [email protected] AERA members have free access to ASE-certified Master Machinists with COMPTROLLER Ellen Mechlin the expertise and connections to answer [email protected] your tough technical questions. 34 GRAPHIC DESIGN 60 PRODUCT NEWS Maria Beyerstedt [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES Jim Rickoff [email protected] Hal Fowler [email protected] PRODUCTION Jan Juhl [email protected] 54 CIRCULATION Karen Tendering [email protected] INTERNATIONAL LIAISON Yolanda Carranza [email protected] CHIEF TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT Richard Rooks [email protected] 2 APR-JUN 2008 engine professional EP 04-2008 1-18 4/2/08 9:43 AM Page 3 EP 04-2008 1-18 4/2/08 9:43 AM Page 4 FROM THE PUBLISHER BY JOHN GOODMAN, AERA PRESIDENT An AERA membership can help make your business the best it can be We at AERA headquarters hope you listed in PRO-SIS are OEM derived. with all sorts of obscure issues. Even enjoyed the first edition of our Many replacement parts you use are rare parts have been sourced by quarterly magazine, Engine aftermarket. In some cases, simply posting needs. AERA tech Professional (EP). Central to its aftermarket parts improve design department monitors these threads publication is our promise to keep and functionality by solving OEM regularly and has helped shops solve content shop relevant and component flaws left unchecked due difficult problems. It should be application oriented. The AERA tech to engine obsolescence. Material and mentioned that most threads dealing department fields machining and machining improvements of with more specific shop issues assembly questions daily and now aftermarket parts may deviate from require AERA membership to has a vehicle to share some of the OEM clearances and tolerance. access. But AERA members who answers with the entire industry. Having aftermarket part information post on the forum are a gregarious Taking this a step further, we feel a in concert with manufacturer lot and are often found posting on responsibility to the entire engine specifications go a long way to help the General Information threads as building/rebuilding community to help engine shops machine for and install well. in any way that makes sense. To that parts correctly. Inclusion of parts and end, EP will share a sample of part specifications is an ongoing The AERA website is one of the most current knowledge on specific process and will develop within PRO- active in our industry rivaling daily subjects helping all engine shops SIS as more manufacturers see value visit count of SEMA and other much build better engines. Those of you in having their parts and specs larger association websites. I would who are AERA members already available to shops using PRO-SIS on encourage the entire industry to know how important AERA a daily basis. Look for more “how-to” bookmark the AERA forum. It is the membership is to the success of content in current versions of PRO- beginning of the best engine tech your business. Having an ability to SIS and a gradual introduction to network resource going.I make unlimited daily tech calls for PRO-SIS XP, a new, full-featured any engine technical information you database written in robust MS require is a vital service found no Sequel Server Express. You won’t other place but through AERA believe what new information XP will membership. Those shops who are bring to you or how deep this not AERA members, we challenge information availability goes. Stay you to look closely at what is offered. tuned. EP magazine will help you realize what can be gained through AERA Lastly, I would like to invite AERA membership. members and the engine building industry at large to visit our website Prior to becoming president of EP will continue having a regular forum www.aera.org/fm Presently, AERA, John Goodman was director column on PRO-SIS, AERA’s engine only a handful of regulars frequent of the Advanced Technology Center specification database (which is an the technical threads of this forum. (ATC) for Micromatic-Textron. The ATC focused on manufacturing AERA member-only benefit). Over the Their plea is for more shop techs to honing solutions and studies for past several years, PRO-SIS has weigh in with comments, ideas and OEM engine manufacturers. Testing developed many new features that solutions. This small network of of traditional and unique honing abrasive systems, coolants, fixtures, may be overlooked by users. Most professionals has helped each other tools and software were primary engine specifications and tolerances and even some non-engine shops responsibilities of the ATC lab. 4 APR-JUN 2008 engine professional EP 04-2008 1-18 4/2/08 9:43 AM Page 5 EP 04-2008 1-18 4/2/08 9:43 AM Page 6 industry news AERA welcomes • Servicio Automotriz, Harry’s in the cleaning room new members Schaumburg, IL and became proficient in every calendar • Springfield Engine Supply, aspect of the shop. From ACTIVE Springfield, MO head and block work to APRIL 14-17 • Arcan Machine, • Tobler’s Engines, crankshaft grinding and SAE WORLD Toronto, ON CANADA Morrow, OH engine balancing, there isn’t CONGRESS Arrow Engine & Machine, an operation in a shop Kenny • • TNS Custom Engines, Detroit, MI Chattanooga, TN Maiden, NC can’t perform. He truly is a www.sae.org/congress • BGS. Inc, Universalmotor Cia. Ltda, deserving recipient of this • MAY 8, 13, 15 Lexington, KY Sucre, Quito, ECUADOR award. ASE SPRING TESTING Carquest Auto Parts, • www.ase.com Winchester, VA ASSOCIATE Elgin Industries named Industria de Maquinas • CARQUEST West Valley, • exclusive aftermarket Chinelatto Ltda, JUNE 19-21 West Valley, UT AUTOMECHANIKA Limeira, SP BRAZIL source of Eaton diesel • Cash & Carry Engine, CANADA Exchange, Mesa, AZ MEMBERGETTERS engine valves Toronto, Ontario, Canada www.automechanika Central Interior Rebuilders, Dave Monyhan, Elgin Industries and Eaton • • canada.ca Kamloops, BC CANADA Goodson Tools & Supplies, Corporation have announced a new partnership in the • Ding’s Custom Cycle, Winona, MN marketing and distribution of JULY 9-11 Dubois, WY • Fuad Abu Hadhood PAACE premium-quality, OE- • Engine Technology, The National Machine AUTOMECHANIKA Lansing, MI Shop, Jeddah, Saudi technology Eaton diesel valves Mexico City, Mexico for the replacement parts • Foaz Industrial Equipment, Arabia www.paace Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA market. Effective immediately, automechanika.com Elgin is the exclusive source of • Heads Up Machine & AERA Member Speed, Fort McLeod, the complete offering of AUG.