V8 short block deck-up on engine stand with blue clay on a pisto…

Freshly machined V8 short block mounted deck-up on an orange engine stand, showing four flat-top pistons at the top of their bores, clean cylinder-head bolt holes and a gold-painted block with a black oil pan. A ball of blue modeling clay sits on the right-hand piston for a valve-to-piston clearance check, with shop rags and hand tools on the bench below.

AI caption February 2006 · Photo 4 of 18