Reply With QuoteHave the rods been resized?
I will send you a blank build sheet if you send me your fax number.
Last night i put the bearings in the rods, miced the crank and then attempted to use the dial bore guage on the rods. Things looked to be going alittle better than when i did the mains but as i went on it seamed like it was getting alittle tight. Since i had issues using the dial bore guage with the mains i decided to use plastiguage on these also, well tonight i put in piston #2 with a peice of plastiguage and torqued it down to 50lbs using arp's lube (3/8's bolts). Pulled it apart and it looks like i'm getting closer to the .002 mark than i am to the .003. This plastiguage goes in .001 increments so i dont have a .0025 to compare with. Most of my dialbore measurments where on the tighter side of "OK clearance" but a few where under .0025. I also noticed on the old bearings they say 001 on them, it's also written on the crank. The bearings i have now are std.
Measurment sheet
http://reitanfamily.com/gallery/d/12330-1/DSCF4562.JPG
Not quiet .002
http://reitanfamily.com/gallery/d/12321-2/DSCF4568.JPG
But not quiet .003 either, it looked closer to .002 than .003
http://reitanfamily.com/gallery/d/12324-2/DSCF4569.JPG
Old bearings, looks like federal moguel bearings and they have a 001 US on them, kinda hard to see...
http://reitanfamily.com/gallery/d/12327-1/DSCF4563.JPG
Have the rods been resized?
I will send you a blank build sheet if you send me your fax number.
Fax: 949-388-9069
I did have the rods resized when the new arp bolts where installed.
Go with it. Rods are not that picky. 002 to .003 is fine.
If the big end of the rod is 2.324-2.325 than .002-.003 is cool, run it!
Infomaniac: Got a fax from you, but i think i'm missing a page, this page deals mostly with weight and cam/timing specs it looks like.
Sounds like only page 2 made it. I'll have Melissa send it again tomorrow.
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