On this episode of Engine Power, the team visits Kaase Racing to machine the 429 inch Ford big block from the first monster truck, Big Foot #1.
Part 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI03FVYbvQ
Part 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byztVrB9DZA
Part 3 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6I8MTXMfFg
Part 4 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhXkq4G2CJc
PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE
Holley: Throttle Body, LS, MPI, 1 Venturi, 105mm, Billet Aluminum, Black Anodized, Chevy, Small Block LS, Each
More Info: https://pntv.us/pn_pt_1525
Trick Flow Specialties: Cylinder Head, GenX 255, CNC Comp Port, Assembled, 69cc CNC Chamber, 448 Lb. Springs, Ti Retain, GM LS3, Each
More Info: https://pntv.us/pn_pt_1524
Accel: Fuel Pump – Thruster 500 – GM – High Performance – 500 lb/hr @ 43.5 PSI / 450 lb/hr @ 60 PSI – part # 75169
Goodson Shop Supplies: Professional Measuring & Inspection Stand
Jon Kaase Racing Engines, Inc.: Jon Kaase Racing Engines – High performance drag racing engines from Jon Kaase s renowned machine shop. Also featuring a wide selection of racing parts
Pace Performance: Edelbrock, Camshaft, Hydraulic Roller Tappet, Advertised Duration 296/300, Lift .539/.548, Chevy, 5.0L, 5.7L, Each
The Industrial Depot: FASTENERS, HARDWARE, AND SHOP SUPPLIES
For The Original BigFoot Engine Build Part 3, tune in to HISTORY this Sunday (May 19th) at 7AM ET/PT!
1:45 I remember Bob saying in an interview from like 20 years ago that he blew the motor up when he was in silver Lake Wisconsin doing hill climbs all weekend with this thing
Dude who welded the block had RBC as initials? Robert chandler?
That fuel pump is still 255 walbro with yellow paint on it.
What is a heeely coil
It’s a helicoil ffs
I’m not a mechanic, but this makes me wanna be one.
The repair on the engine block was stamped "RBC 9/86”. I doubt it, but could RBC stand for repaired by Chandler?
You see Bob pop the engine on a video of him mowing the top of the hill down at the Gravelrama. Those are his initials.
Why are they restoring the engine if it's just going to be a museum piece??? I understand that replacing the seals for a display is a great idea to prevent leaks
I only knew about Chrysler Hemi 426 race engines back in the late 80's until I saw a 69 Mustang with the 429 Super Cobra Jet engine with a blower on it at Thompson Dragway in Thompson Ohio
So the size of the piston could still be original… your tool and the last used could be that far apart. However as long as you only use that set from this point on you then know what size it is to your tools
Please more LS videos !!! (not).
Jon kaase racing = spoon sports (Honda tuning specialists) for Fords.
put winder on the map haha. my hometown
I don’t think Bigfoot will ever be in the Smithsonian, the people that run the Smithsonian get all uppity and say crap like: “The Smithsonian is NOT America’s garage 🙄”.
🙄
Man all that LS stuff is outrageously priced. I got a gen VI 1998 454 for 700$ with proven sheet 28,000 miles runs like a champ took off the EFI and put on a duel plane intake running a carb on it
This show is so much better than the “reality” based garbage that has been presented in the last 15 years or so. Real technical info, real facts, real mechanics instead of actors (yes I realize a lot of work is done behind the scenes by other techs but these guys do know what they’re talking about). No larger than life actors coming off as country bumpkin and stupid storylines. Could you Imagine the outlaw racing show with actual outlaw racing? Real people with real cars that they actually built without the drama. Remember “Pinks”? The beginning of the end.
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MATH
That engine builder guy does not seem at all impressed this is the Bigfoot engine
That block has been rebuilt 80 times
Need more shirt pockets
I grew up over by Lindbergh in north west St. Louis back in the 70's and I was able to sit in the original Big Foot I thought that was the coolest thing ever.
I understood none of this video but enjoyed it to the fullest because the years of covid lockdown has reignited my childhood addiction of monster trucks and that's the only thing i can thank this terrible virus for
The motor that blew up
I only understood 90% of what they said and I have built race engines for street/strip cars
Should use a 12 cylinder. Barely any wall between cylinders on that block. Maybe weight would be an issue
if it wasnt gor kaase machinshop i would have said this would be a engine tv shop…
Complet BS….
How much to clone that engine?
Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh.
Jon Kaase! Who else could it ever be! That's history right there.
2:39 How many pens do you need to rebuild an engine?
For The Original BigFoot Engine Build Part 3, tune in to HISTORY this Sunday (May 19th) at 7AM ET/PT!
I under stood every thing apart from the measurement stuff. All I do is work on motorcycles in my backyards
And I machine to .01mm that's my guaranty as a A grade tradesman
As a fitter and turner (God of trades) your understanding of micro meters is not correct, how often are your tools calibrated this is important as your tools wear like the engine components. I just don't trust a monkey boy mechanic with precession tools. But its a good vid for monkey boy mechanics.
Gorgeous. It's a phenomenal engine. I'm awestruck.
It was nice to see that someone besides me can install Tungsten properly, without having to weld the slugs in place.
So Ford invented the monster truck too? Whoda thunkit?
I liked seeing the Chevy trucks in the Kaase parking lot.
Damn, I wish you guys had a Bitchute channel! I'd be watchin your videos on there BIGTIME since I left the COMMIE Youtube just sayin. FREEDOM and MY 1st Amendment IS more important THAN watching stuff on youtube now FACT!
12:25 that's what she said
Those guys probably know more about Ford engines than the engineers who build them
I remember the Bigfoot crew talking about how awesome this “big” engine was. I told them they would be better off cutting a 1710 Allison in half and making a V6.