Storm Vulcan 85 to 85B

[rgray]

I do a bit of automotive machining and have a Storm Vulcan "Head master 85" for machining cylinder heads.
It does a beautiful job and I am very happy with it, but I would like to be able to surface engine blocks also.
There is a SV "Block master 85B" that appears to be the same machine but with a lift kit on it.
The big question for me is the measurement of the spacer.
I've looked at plenty of pictures and I'm guessing it is about 10".

Anybody that has one here, or knows of one they could measure for me?
Picture of red one is mine. Green one is an 85B web pic
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[4GSR]

A 10" spacer may be close.

what I would do is figure out a fixture for holding the engine block. Once that is done, mount a engine block and measure the height from the table to top of the EB. You may have to try a couple of different EB's to get an average of heights. Once that is done, compare measurements to the existing cutter height, mid/max., and the difference will be the height of spacers needed. Ken

 

[rgray]

I was hoping some one had an 85B in the corner and they could walk over and tape measure the height adapter.

 

[cjtoombs]

Can you do heads on the 85B? You may be looking at getting some sort of spacer block to mount the heads on if it won't, otherwise you will loose your head surfacing ability as you gain block surfacing ability.

 

[GK1918]

My thoughts are, if you are going for a spacer, I would base it on an inline overhead 6 cyl. normally will be the tallest, L head 6 will be a little shorter
and of course V8's are the shortest. So I would shoot for the tallest for a spacer or risor.
just a thought, sam

 

[LEEQ]

If no one has one, you might contact the manufacturer.

 

[JoeMac51]

rgray I have a Storm Vulcan 85 HeadMaster also and a Storm Vulcan 15 Crankshaft grinder, just recently purchased. I am having the motor rebuilt on the HeadMaster at an electric motor shop as the insulation on the wires was cracked. I have been considering a lift build for mine also.

 

[matthewsx]

Hello and welcome,

This post is more than a decade old, the OP hasn't been seen here since January 2021 so you may not get a reply from him.

But, there are always new folks like yourself that join and are looking for info. Feel free to continue on with this thread, or start a new one with info from your machines. Post up some pictures too.

Automotive machining is a bit of a specialty area on here but there are so many members there's sure to be someone who can help with your projects.

John