Hand Porting Cylinder Heads on an Olds 455 Big Block with Legendary Joe Mondello- Horsepower S13, E6

1. We'll continue to post these episodes here on YouTube. If you can't wait for the rest of the build, visit our site to binge-watch: https://www.powernationtv.com/shows/horsepower

2. What is the flow difference

3. JOE ! WHAT A JEM , A REAL DIAMOND
   LIKE POETRY IN MOTION .
   KIND REGARDS.

4. For those wanting true "heads by Mondello" and other expert machine work, look no further than Joe's son, Bernard Mondello. Bernard was taught by his dad and is a true expert. I have had machine work done by him for my 455 and bought parts from him as well. His shop, Bernard Mondello Racing Enterprises, is located in Corona California.

5. Wow . Sounds like fun.

6. Funny I remember this from the 90s.

7. What was the letter on the heads on that block from junk yard

8. Is there any real evidence that this makes a difference? I thought that turbulent gas flow in the intake was preferable to laminar flow-cars like BMWs have vacuum-actuated flaps in the intake manifold to make turbulence.

9. I wonder if his wife still runs the school ??

10. Mondello is a genius! Wouldve never known about the .040 rear oil galley plug. Replaced my engine rebuild with this.

11. lol a couple of Roll Pins is not going to stop that block from "Twisting" and breaking in half… I can see those roll pins falling out over time and eding up destroying the whole engine. Along with the old paint gimmock allowing oil o flow back "better" I have seen it many times come off andclogg up the Oil Pick up screen and ruin engnines, also Joe medello is a "legend" with his head porting yet he leaves valves un shrouded and only blends the bowls. This video is Trash lol bunch of people who have no idea what they're watching.

12. My first car and build was a 70 442. That was over 30yrs ago. I regret getting rid of that car every day. This takes me back.

13. If you love what you do….you'll never work a day in your life! He's a true example of that

14. Absolutely Awesome !!! I've done a lot of Self Porting on my Cylinder Heads thanks to Mondello…:-)

15. Clifford Research and Development 1980. 6 =8

16. Sadly, Joe Mondello passed at age 75 in 2011. RIP.

17. Que bárbaro muchachos trabajan y se divierten armando está chulada de motores en el maravilloso mundo de la mecánica saludos desde México 💪😎🍺

18. Mondello is a man from a generation we are losing too fast…

19. How much is the classes?

20. what method used to get the metal shavings out?

21. Super seal snake oil

22. 4 cylinders… that's a reasonable quality check. I don't think it is wrong to say degreeing your cam may be the most important part of your build. Do ramps start at 0.004" or 0.006? If you never checked that, how are you going to spot problems later? I also like checking 0.015" duration numbers – they can help sort out best combustion chanber size, and I note there are still a good number of grinds out there that reference them, despite the flow bench guys ignoring everything under 0.050".
    The 455 is a motor I wouldn't mind seeing more of, but that's me.

23. Dr Olds:Joe Mondello

24. I figured Joe would show us how and where to do the cutting out and a few tricks …

25. We’re all a bunch of towels

26. This shit is funny. On one hand they go into extreme detail to show how to build a perfect motor and on the other hand they use liquid sealant?? Wtf
    Once the sponsorships come a rollin, all quality is lost!

27. That's bad ass

28. These engines were very good besides from there oil pans

29. No such thing as a perfectly steady hand…

30. RIP

31. 😳How many 'piders were der?

32. Living legend good on ya doctor O

33. Please for the love of God tell me he didn't just paint brush the inside of a valley that is so smart wow I don't know what to say

34. Soooo if the other three cylinders don't come out like you want to and there's a problem like the dude mentioned… do you throw away the block or can you correct for that?

35. He tried to cram it all in too

36. Exhaust man bolts soaked for a year before tear down.

37. 🤣 need to hot rod a few more cop cars so they can go catch rioting looting scum!!

38. Com’on don’t support these stupid stop leak chemicals

39. Got some 455 stage 1 heads for sale…..

40. What a cool dude

41. C548 heads!!!!

42. Están chida su maquinaria ni respeto

43. Where can I find bits for a die grinder like that everywhere I go only has the small ass ones for dremels and I can't find a larger one for the die grinder A friend gave me

44. i forgot how knowlege stingy tv shows are

45. what's up you mindless, brainless, jack ass of a sales man.

46. What a legend I could have watched this guy make videos all day

47. hi from georgia joe. we have a 69 old and 500 cid engine . . we want take much horsepower free and need help please , wath can we do granpa ?

48. How much does he charge? I have a 2 door hardtop bonneville with original 403 h.o., i would love for mondello to build mine or even teach me, either way would be awesome.

49. What the hell? So, to find TDC, I bring the engine to TDC, THEN screw in the piston stop? After that I turn the crank till the piston hits the stop? How's that going to work? Holy Crap. And then to degree the cam I'm supposed to turn the engine till the lifter is at maximum LIFT then zero the dial indicator? And I can put the indicator on the lifter OR the valve??? Wait, so the rocker ratio won't change my .050 lift, because they're all 1:1 ratio rockers, right? And I must be measuring .050 from max lift, not the base circle, since that's where I just zeroed the dial gauge. Sure, that'll match the cam card just swell. You can bet your ass they didn't learn THAT from Mondello. What a joke of a channel.

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