Plastigauged the rods and they came out to .0015. I think .002 would've been better but iamareios used the same rod clearance...
I refiled new rings to .020 .024 exactly. Using a dremel :D. 3rd time I've done it with a dremel. Place it into vice and have steady hands and go...
Yeah the shop owner is great. Pretty much every OEM rod from all cars look like this as far as I've seen. It happened to me too lol[ATTACH] Here...
Machine shop came though and got me a new set of rings for no charge! Fuckin awesome. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Assembled the pistons....
The more I read about ring gaps, the more I think it will be ok. I might just slap these in as they are. .022 and .023 is perfectly fine for the...
Ok got the rings back. He remeasured and assured me it was ok. Although I'm getting different readings than he is. I did make a mistake the first...
Dropped off the block and rings to the machine shop and he said he will check it. :thumbsup:
I'll ask the shop. They didn't tell me about tolerances. Seems the max is .039. Stock is hilariously tight. Before the rebuild the motor had...
Measured the ring gaps that the shop gapped for me. Asked for .021 and .024 but seems I got much larger gaps. Seems the top is .025 for 3 of them...
Some pics of the balanced rods and pistons. All came out to 1156g! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] They ground down the bottom of the rod to...
Well all the main clearances came out to .002. [ATTACH] It appears to be looser than standard but below max which is fine. Am I reading this...
Well I finally got some work done on this bitch. Got some pics of the ported head and intake mani. Exhaust is very smooth almost mirror like but...
Built 2618 build with a goal of a fun DD. Basically I chose parts to withstand 750 hp. It would've been 900 with h-tuff plus rods that I ordered...
Maybe a few more months. I'll start a build thread soon
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