588 piston rings v-12 build

Happy Halloween , here's an engine that remindes me of a pumpkin. There's 4 of them being built.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3549/picture056smallz.th.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/picture056smallz.jpg/)

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8562/picture057small.th.jpg (http://img502.imageshack.us/i/picture057small.jpg/)

702 cid Block with 7 mains

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4248/picture006i.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/i/picture006i.jpg/)

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2315/picture007jt.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/i/picture007jt.jpg/)

Forged Steel crank in

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6043/picture012jy.th.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/i/picture012jy.jpg/)

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/18/picture013sc.th.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/picture013sc.jpg/)

48 pistons and 588 pieces of rings (use ring expander rather than thumbs to install rings)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/410/picture014y.th.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/picture014y.jpg/)

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5291/picture015small.th.jpg (http://img340.imageshack.us/i/picture015small.jpg/)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8184/picture016small.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/i/picture016small.jpg/)

Short Blocks

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8055/picture017small.th.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/picture017small.jpg/)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2962/picture018small.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/i/picture018small.jpg/)

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2802/picture019small.th.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/picture019small.jpg/)

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3356/picture020small.th.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/picture020small.jpg/)

Heads , 96 lifters, springs,valves, ect.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8180/picture029small.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/i/picture029small.jpg/)

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3821/picture030small.th.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/picture030small.jpg/)

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2880/picture052small.th.jpg (http://img502.imageshack.us/i/picture052small.jpg/)

Long blocks

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4204/picture035small.th.jpg (http://img502.imageshack.us/i/picture035small.jpg/)

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2165/picture036small.th.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/picture036small.jpg/)

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6120/picture040j.th.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/picture040j.jpg/)

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1992/picture043r.th.jpg (http://img263.imageshack.us/i/picture043r.jpg/)

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5076/picture042mk.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/i/picture042mk.jpg/)

It's just like playing triple yatzee

2 short straights and 2 long straights :grinno:

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5871/picture053small.th.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/picture053small.jpg/)

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4156/picture054small.th.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/picture054small.jpg/)

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4183/picture055smallr.th.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/picture055smallr.jpg/)

Lots of Orange paint

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4213/picture058small.th.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/picture058small.jpg/)

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8386/picture059small.th.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/picture059small.jpg/)

Getting ready to run.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/8231/picture060small.th.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/picture060small.jpg/)
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2867/picture061small.th.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/picture061small.jpg/)
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4251/picture062small.th.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/picture062small.jpg/)
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7505/picture063small.th.jpg (http://img692.imageshack.us/i/picture063small.jpg/)
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/33/picture065small.th.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/picture065small.jpg/)

Ready to dyno

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1390/picture064small.th.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/picture064small.jpg/)

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8569/picture066small.th.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/picture066small.jpg/)

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2100/picture067small.th.jpg (http://img196.imageshack.us/i/picture067small.jpg/)

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3262/picture068small.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/picture068small.jpg/)

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9900/picture069small.th.jpg (http://img684.imageshack.us/i/picture069small.jpg/)

265 hp at around 2800 rpm.
263 at 2500 pm.