Engine Block

The engine block is a cam-in-block deep skirt 90 degree V configuration with 5 forged steel crankshaft bearing caps. The engine block is cast aluminum with press-in-place iron cylinder liners. The 5 crankshaft bearing caps each have 4 vertical M10 and 2 horizontal M8 mounting bolts. The engine block and bearing caps are aligned by dowel pins retained in the caps. The camshaft is supported by 5 press-in-place camshaft bearings. The left bank of cylinders are number 1-3-5-7 (#1 is front left) and the right bank of cylinders are 2-4-6-8 (#2 is front right) viewed from the flywheel end of the engine. The engine firing order is 1-8-7-2-6-5-4-3.