Ferrari 330 Engine Machining

Reviewing the machine shop work on a Vintage Ferrari engine.
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[@marcusbonello3106]

Thank you gentlemen, always good to watch and hear such intricacies and details of the loved Ferrari V12 . Sometimes you wonder just how these were built with tools of the times.

[@tomyangnet]

The tools of those times built complex machines like radial engines and aircraft, so they were much more skilled than it may be obvious. They also accomplished it with calculation tables and slide rules reading vernier scales! that’s even more impressive!

[@beatglauser9444]

Those details you reveal show why an engine rebuild is so labour intensive and all the right parts used will also add up to the cost. So it is clear why a rebuild like that is very expensive. At least for those valuable cars it makes sense. I have a dead and disassembled Alfa Romeo engine and a dying Fiat engine. Both of them will be to expensive to be rebuilt in my life time. But I hold on to them.

[@tomyangnet]

The expense is in the hours of labor, but sometimes the cost can be recovered by putting the time in yourself.

[@mattbiondo4522]

Great insight into the heart of a Ferrari. Interesting and I learned a few things. Thank you.

[@tomyangnet]

I'm always glad to share some information that you rarely see on the internet and thanks for appreciating it!

[@ianleach1869]

Thank you for the great content.

[@tomyangnet]

You're welcome, and thanks for watching!

[@TonyBarr99]

American engines from the 1960s on up have had cast ductile iron crankshafts, forged steel crankshafts and in some cases cast ADI or austempered ductile iron crankshafts. While steel can be cast, I don't recall any cast steel crankshafts. Smaller components such as rocker arms can be investment cast from steel.

[@tomyangnet]

You are correct. I couldn't get the words out when I was talking! I was trying to say forged steel, cast iron, or billet steel. Thanks for correcting me.

[@colt_walker]

I wish I could get quality machining done for these. Maybe at the next shop, but I suspect my days of building Colombo engines are nearing their end. Trying to convince older machinists that the incomplete/incompetent work they've gotten away with for years no longer works on 70 year old aluminum. I can personally attest to the poor sealing of the plain style head gaskets available on the market. It's funny watching head studs blowing bubbles. Looks like you have the ethics to address all the issues with these, good looking work.

[@tomyangnet]

The processes of machine work has changed through the years as the scope of the rebuilds have changed and the aging of the engines. I try to stay in touch with other shops around the country and talk about the problems and solutions they have found. I'm always trying to do a better job. Thanks for watching.

[@robertbcope]

I love engines. So simple yet so complex. I wish I had grown up in a machine shop.

[@tomyangnet]

It takes a certain person with the right sensibility to make a good machinst. I can only try to meet their level of accuracy! thanks for watching!

[@Wriggs1898]

Always amazing content Tom. Looking forward to seeing this engine come to life!

[@tomyangnet]

It's always exciting to watch it all come together every time I do one!

[@supersonique001]

Love the minutiae and the 'autopsia' of the motore and the genius behind the original Ferrari engineers who built them, well done.

[@tomyangnet]

I love all things mechanical and beauty of these engines that isn’t normally seen. Thanks for watching

[@Selmerpilot]

I have to add though that I have used Cometic in Ohio to make Victor Reinz head gaskets for vintage V12 and other Italian engine head gaskets. Cometic can scan an head old gasket and make anything you want. My secret sauce is using Aviation sealant ALL over the gasket. Works amazingly well.

[@tomyangnet]

I've used Cometics before, but once I used these gaskets from Australia, I'm hesitant to go back. I use spray on copper gasket for that added insurance against leaks even though the manufacturer says it's not necessary. You can never be too safe! Thanks for watching.

[@Selmerpilot]

Murray in Australia is the man! He has great stories about poisonous snakes down there too, scary stuff!

[@tomyangnet]

Spiders, snakes, cone snails, and jelly fish, no thanks. They can all stay Down Under, I just need their gaskets!

[@hoost3056]

Makes you want to boost the snot out of one of these engines. I know it's sacrilege to modify these engines, but they're so overbuilt you can't help but wonder. I'd put a Rotrex centrifugal supercharger on one with EFI going into some Weber style throttle bodies so the look would still look period. Low boost and 500 hp at the wheels would be more than entertaining.

[@tomyangnet]

There are shops that modify these engines and they have claimed 9-10K redlines, and even more when using titanium valvetrain parts, but the risk of grenading an irreplaceable engine is what gets expensive. Depending on which Vintage Ferrari engine you need, rebuildable cores cost $50-75K! Add to that about 120-150 hours of labor plus machine shop time and about $10-15K in parts and you can see how expensive a stock rebuild can be...and now you want to hot rod it? cha ching! Thanks for watching.

[@robertbcope]

@@tomyangnet Yeah, but 9K RPM sounds so good... I can only imagine one of these lovely V12s at that RPM. Might be worth it. OTOH, as I sit here and look at pieces of my 1UZ motor that grenaded at about 9K RPM due to a defective rod, maybe not. I actually averaged the redline of my cars recently out of curiousity, 8375... I may have a "type", lol.

[@hoost3056]

​@tomyangnet I know, I know, $100k is mind numbing but you have to admit that it would be interesting. If you have Ferrari Colombo or Lampredi money it doesn't matter anyway because you're silly rich. With boost you don't have to rev it as high.

[@ronclark1287]

Do you not send the engine specs for liner protrusion to the machine shop?

[@tomyangnet]

there is not a lot of documentation on the specs for these engines.