Introducing the worlds first all billet aluminum engine

Moran Motorsports is proud to announce the world's first all billet aluminum engine! Stronger, lighter, and meaner.
Straight out of the Motorcity comes yet another first from the front runner of motorsports manufacturers, Moran Motorsports, inc. These motors are built by winners for winners.
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[@sethhughes2163]

I remember when it first EXPLODED onto the racing world! KUDO'S my friend, you continue to amaze me! Respectfully, Seth

[@SirDavidHaddon]

THIS IS A PIECE OF ART IN IT'S FINEST...

[@moranmotorsportsinc]

again you are miss informed or did not look before you "LEAPED" Andy Jencen did not Break into the 5s until 6 months after we did.

[@varqtube]

Man, I am SOOOOO anxious to see Randy Bryan's car run with this monster of an engine!

[@Profabdesigns]

I think we ALL learned something from GM when the Vega(early 70's there young guys) came out with the all alum. Block, pistons, cast iron head... yeah we learn cast alum DOESN'T hold up. I myself like everyone else, said check the gas and fill the oil!!! I put a Don Hardy race cars 283 SBC kit in my mint condition 72 GT hatchback. Kept the stock Opel 4 speed with a transdapt plate, then proceeded to rebuild the entire care one broken piece at a time. Man, that was good ol days. Put a total of $2200 into car, sold it for $3650 in 84' and still miss it to this day. The older I get, the faster i was!!!

[@johnnyvt9]

The LS Aluminum motors are very strong. The have 6 bolt mains. The block material extends down lower, so you have 4 bolts in the bottom and then two bolts from the side. It is a very strong design that ties everything together. Chevy has really pushed the push rod engine a long way since the early 70s. I think Fords Overhead cam engines use 6 bolt too. They are super charging these Aluminum engines now, so they have to be incredibly strong. If I were building a boosted engine, I think I would prefer iron block, but I am impressed with current V8 motors. Ford is coming out with a 5.2L with 550HP naturally aspirated. Ferrari type performance.

[@rdsimmonds]

Cast aluminum holds up just fine. The problem with the cast aluminum engine in the Vega is that they didn't use a proper cylinder liner and the cylinders would wear out way to fast.

[@gostrydr]

Billet valve springs? O.o

[@jessenurse9194]

gostrydr lol

[@BigCroca]

HAHA billet fuel!

[@rosewhite---]

never heard of polychrome?

[@justinfee819]

Mike Moran is the man

[@johncunningham4820]

I seem to remember from a LONG while ago ( couple of decades perhaps ) someone building , FROM SCRATCH , an all Aluminium Nitro burning NORMALLY aspirated Drag racing engine . Wet Liner . Block was basically a Box to hold water . Dragster Engine . No reliable cooling required really . However having a Heatsink HELPED reliability a LOT . About 6-7000hp at that time was OK . No Blower . Low 5 High 4 car .

[@johncunningham4820]

@Victor Smit . Instead of that Americanism : Aluminum . Yes . Annoys me too , that .

[@JammerEd2]

I believe there is a 427 ford engine that is all billet.

[@JammerEd2]

This 427 was oFE big bloch.

[@L4ND.SH4RK]

OMG i want one, how much does it weigh? how much power can it handle? did you do the copper wire job on head surface? how much does this platform cost?

[@roscomcfarland204]

What do I need to do to get a job with Moran Motorsports

[@Wardaddy233]

I run a 427 billet small block Ls dart . Not had to many issues with it there a great investment if you race at the track and want to be competitive.

[@SantanaTelevision]

Donovan Racing engines built the first full billet engine in the 60s.

[@devantewatts2390]

Billet blocks no full billet motors do your research

[@SantanaTelevision]

Hah. Alright... I guess there's specifics that get your panties in a wad.

[@texaswildcat2000]

If it's 100% billet aluminum, then I would guess the cam, crank, rods, pistons, rockers, bolts, timing gears/chains, piston sleeves, and every else, is all aluminum...ya...ok....junk, if that's the case.....

[@beachboardfan9544]

00:30 sweet billet plug wires!!!

[@v.e.7236]

I'd have to build an engine that draws cool air in where the exhaust usually is and exhausting through the top of the engine. My theory is this will create better thermal efficiency and less heat-sink, by utilizing physics to enhance the air movement; hot air rises, while cool air sinks. This could be done on either an inline or V configuration. Just a wild idea/theory.

[@rdsimmonds]

It's been done. There wasn't a noticeable benefit on naturally aspirated applications, but it has proven to work well in turbocharged ones. It's what most commonly refer to as a Hot-V design.

[@Gushers2276]

does this collapse like a coke can if you crash? :(

[@caratcranker5874]

+Mr. “Bluedragon” pewterschmidt Not the coke cans these guys make ! they would make billet coke cans as well.

[@tvoprosucks1692]

even the bolts and crankshaft are aluminum, AMAZING!!!!!

[@agus2001]

One question. Coolant channels. How are those made?

[@xllegend]

More than you can afford pal'

[@K-Effect]

It even has a billet serpentine belt, billet spark plug wires and billet spark plugs

[@groomlake51]

First All billet engine? That’s a big claim because I personally know of all billet engines 15 years ago. And it’s a argument but my father and ken vinney had billet heads in 1982

[@jimburig7064]

That's a lot of aluminum chips on the floor!

[@ClubXrock]

an over the top obsession with billet

Billet cylinder liners too?

[@jameshuffman8893]

Engineers have known for hundreds of years that a good alternate metal is available. That metal is aluminum. Aluminum offers excellent strength and the ability to cast it into complex shapes. Best of all, it is considerable lighter than iron and thus is an excellent choice for airplane and automobile construction. Negatives? Well, aluminum warps easily when exposed to high heat and it corrodes easily too. For these reasons and others, automotive engineers were reluctant to use it for many years. In early 1960s, General Motors decided to give it a try, though. They built a 215 cubic inch V8 all-aluminum (heads and block) engine and put it in their Buick Special, Oldsmobile f-85 and Pontiac Tempest models. It had overhead valves and hemi heads. There were two versions: The standard two-barrel-carb engine with an 8.8:1 compression ratio making 155hp, and the four-barrel version, with 10.25 compression, which was good for 185hp. It was the lightest V8 in America. The 215 all aluminum engine was produced for several years but advancements in thin-wall cast iron designs soon led General Motors back to cast iron block designs. In 1967, General Motors sold the manufacturing rights to The Rover Company in England. Rover needed a light but powerful V8 to replace its aging 3-liter straight-six. This engine was small and light, and powerful. Through the years, Rover engineers made numerous changes to the all-aluminum 215 engine’s design, mainly to streamline its production. So successful was this lightweight engine that, by the time manufacturing of the 215 came to an end in the late 1990s, it powered not only Rovers but was also used by Morgan, Marcos and TVR. In fact, the famous Australian racing company, Repco, used the 215 block as the foundation for the development of its 3-liter overhead-cam engine powering the Repco Braham Formula 1 Grand Prix machines. Chrysler Corporation made an aluminum block version of their famous 225 slant six engine. According to York Chrysler of Crawfordsville, a local Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram dealer in Crawfordsville, IN, it was installed in passenger cars from mid 1961 through early 1963 model years. Today, aluminum is still used in engine block construction but not as much as you would think. 95% of engine blocks being produced by General Motors are cast iron and 83% of the heads are the same. Executives say the issue is purely economic. Presently iron costs about 25 cents per pound and aluminum is about a $1 per pound. Combined with the fact that cast iron is more rugged and thermally-stable, it is likely to be the material of choice for automotive engineers for some time to come But I think Sonny racing engines was the first in 2010 or 11 not sure but I'm close...

[@derekriddler8501]

somehow.....your statement seems fake....hundreds of years ??....really.....hundreds ??

[@frederickvaughndoerner7611]

.

[@FooFahFoeFum]

I think you are mistaken when you say that Aluminum corrodes. Your friendly U.S. navy uses aluminum on their frigates and other smaller ship hulls. Magnesium , still a new play thing has qualities to be used in cars and possible engines in the future ... It rusts if not probably treated. Magnesium iis 1/3 less heavy than Aluminum. The day will come when you can get 500 H.P. from a 200 pound engine.

[@knutbjornlarsen4435]

GM did NOT make a hemi head 215 in any division. The Pontiac version had more headbolts. The reason why they went back to cast iron was NOT thinwall casting technology. It was that the US customers were lax about the antifreeze so corrosion set in and all sorts of problems followed. You didn't know where GM got the rights to this engine. Get your research done before you tell us all you know. Sounds like someone who is full of CR@P!

[@MeAgainSPENCER]

Yeah the problem I see is Cost! All thes 3sec cars running on 315s have Big Big Money! I can hit high 3s with my Crappy Outdated Blown KB Olds with 14 degree heads But I can never actually race anybody for real, Id get destroyed by cars that are pretty much Race Teams with Alot of Money behind them, So THEY may be able to afford An All Billet Engine thats probably abt $140k complete But most of us can only Dream to have one lol..Maybe in decade if Im Still alive Ill be able to afford a used one But by then engine like that will be Outdated compared to what the Big Dollar Teams are running then, So Ill be watching from sidelines because it will still be too expensive to race & be competitive😞

[@zapwatt]

Does this guy have a snooze of chaw in his lip?

[@saif1002]

The turbo is cast😊

[@moranmotorsportsinc]

We didn't say that we were the first one with a billet {BLOCK} its sad that you don't know the difference between a billet block and a complete engine with all of its components being 100% billet !! the engines that they built have cast heads,sheet metal oil pan, valve covers, forged pistons etc...

[@ronyoung6054]

And kieth black welded his together?

[@Charlesbjtown]

Yes, but are the pistons and bearings billet also? If I had an extra 110k laying around, I wouldn't mind having that engine.

[@topzozzle6319]

i hear it runs on aluminium chips

[@bigredracer7848]

The crankshaft Rod bolts the head bolts to intake bolts and the wrist pins for the Pistons they're not aluminum so it's not all aluminum you guys got to say it like it is the block to heads and intake where made from Billet aluminum get it right because you're lying if you say it's all aluminum

[@topangachronic9463]

Scott H very few things on KZbin are as the headlines project

[@kedaotuning]

i get the aluminum forged and all but what about the cylinder sleeveds?

[@oemradiosolutions1399]

They may have done what Ford and Nissan did to their aluminum black Engines. They use a plasma spray liner. The 5.8 in the 14 GT500 was not sleeved and the GTR wasn't either. Could be other applications as well but I know those for sure

[@edwardspaccarelli5944]

Now 3D print a complete engine

[@scottweatherman3266]

Very nice. Glad to see motors with something other than ancient technology attached to it. Loved the injectors with different than factory straight entrances. Throw cabeurators in the river where they belong. This is a new millineum after all.

[@peteregrigg]

What are these engines used for as they have no cooling water jacket.

[@DobermansRock]

Start up and shut down.

[@datsunz152]

drag racing, you wont see a radiator on a top fuel dragster

[@sonyhk3824]

Just WOOW

[@ains2904]

wait the wires...

[@b.snoodleman5864]

There is a reason that know one else has done this before, but if someone wants to make a set of billet valve covers and a oilpan at 1,000,000 times the cost anything thing else that does the same job so they can say look at what I did, that's cool. By the way I made some billet aluminum sheets foil for my leftovers the other day I would have posted a video titled (Introducing the worlds first billet aluminum foil sheets for your sandwiches) but they got used and put in the garbage already.

[@Dedeyedan]

Hey mike it's daniel demyan (joes son) from Ohio. Just wanted to let you know that you're engines are amazing and was wondering when you're next race is

[@johnb4425]

I want to see numbers

[@carlhanna8429]

His motors make big power and he's a great race car driver

[@BikesandE]

Idk if any of yall have ever worked with billet aluminum. But depending on the type you use and the combination of different materials to achieve this kind of alloy, it can be strong as if not stronger than steal. Just a tip🫡

[@robertpetersen6122]

Billet head studs

[@markrich3271]

What are you using for piston bore sleeve lining , nikasil?

[@mr.thebandit.2370]

It wouldn’t be out of place in an art museum.

[@justingriffith2991]

Is

[@topangachronic9463]

So how much are you out when this thing hand grenades?

[@peanuttization]

Too bad nobody can afford it....

[@petervossos4816]

Yes , but is it Hemi ?

[@bulta209]

It don't have billet aluminum crankshaft, camshaft, wrist pins, lifters, fasteners and probably has steel liners.

[@johntate4638]

+bulta209 The thing I am waiting on if it is ever possible is an an all Titanium block or engine. It is one of the most abundant elements, but extremely hard and expensive to purify. It is half the weight of steel, but is just as strong.

[@ariesmight4141]

Michael Seager carbon fiber

[@bigredracer7848]

What is the bore size

[@mrgamerman2037]

It's the first one with 4400HP

[@andrewwilson8317]

Is the motor based on any production motor? Is there any parts interchangeable with a production engine?

[@kenadams3951]

And billet priced

[@kedaotuning]

16 injectors that engine most fly

[@johnallen7230]

double overhead cams 4 valves per cylinder

[@bigredracer7848]

Very limited information to a better video and have a better personality give the speech

[@BikerDash]

Welp, I wonder if these guys could build a billet motorcycle engine for me? lol I cannot imagine what that billet engine would cost... must be staggering to think about.

[@chancesmith5649]

That’s a steel pully you liars

[@abdou6003]

now we are going to electric......

[@specialized29er86]

Not cheap I bet but hey if you want the best.

[@jamest4363]

So how long did it take to machine those rod bolts and main bolts out of billet aluminum? ?

[@pritmakadiya8102]

can anybody tell me which is better a cast block engine on a billet machined .. ??

[@RefianS]

cast has lower cost than billet, billet is more sturdy than cast, forged is even more sturdy than billet. (sorry my english isn't good enough)

[@pritmakadiya8102]

thanks for reply .. ur English doesn't matter in front of knowledge .