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I will vouch for that! I'm almost at $5k with my current build, but she is going to be as bullet proof as you can get. A bit over $1,300 for darkhorse work.
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Thats what I was shooting for. Bummed I didnt do the timken but when I found a crack in my head that killed my budget for that. Next I want a bullet proof tranny.
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From: N Texas
Did not get much done yesterday other than cleaning the cylinder gasket surface and cleaning off the carbon on top of the pistons so I could get an accurate deck height measurement.
I used four 1/2" PVC threaded unions and the short head bolts torqued down to 15 ft-lbs and came up with a tad over .008" in the hole for both pistons. Using this number and say a .030" Cometic head gasket, I would have a squish clearance of .038" - that should be pretty good.
I used four 1/2" PVC threaded unions and the short head bolts torqued down to 15 ft-lbs and came up with a tad over .008" in the hole for both pistons. Using this number and say a .030" Cometic head gasket, I would have a squish clearance of .038" - that should be pretty good.
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From: N Texas
part # 12-438-8
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From: N Texas
Removed cylinders, just slowly lifted with a little rocking motion. Heard too many difficulties removing/installing piston circlips so I bought a used Kent Moore EN-46745 Piston Pin Clip Remover for $70 that had only been used once before. For those of you that want to save as much as possibly, I have no doubt that I could sell this tool for say $60 so for about $10 - bargain in my eyes - but no, not for sale! Also in the pic are 6" pieces of plastic tubing to protect the cylinder studs and the new pistons.
