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V6 engine
One of my bigger builds. It’s a full V6: block, heads, valvetrain, crank and pistons, plus the intake and exhaust, and every part is its own body. That means I can section it anywhere, or take it apart one group at a time.
Reveal sections it at three points along the block so you can see how it packages: a runner from the plenum to each port, the exhaust ports feeding 3‑into‑1 headers, and the pistons in staggered banks. Disassemble takes it apart from the filters down to the bare crank. I tried to get the small stuff right too. The rocker bolts carry the 8.8 property-class marking on their heads.
I worked through parts of it with Fusion360Mastery’s tutorials on YouTube (opens in a new tab).
- Layout
- V6, three cylinders per bank
- Valvetrain
- Single overhead cam per bank, roller rockers, two valves per cylinder
- Intake
- Central plenum with a runner to each port, fed from both ends by two compressor housings with cone filters
- Exhaust
- 3-into-1 header on each bank
- Sections
- Three cuts across the engine, four along it
- Disassembly
- Nine stages, from everything on down to the bare crank
Cut along it
The cut runs through the ribbed sump wall and across the rod big ends on the crank.
