AAR resto
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Xcudame
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Deathproofcuda
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"I chased all the threads so everything could be hand tightened."
It's reassuring to know that there are others out there with this OCD tendency...
It's reassuring to know that there are others out there with this OCD tendency...
don selleck
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thanks I was surprised that even happened
don selleck
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The older I get the worse it becomes,
Deathproofcuda
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The older I get the worse it becomes,
Yeah, I gotta admit that I get a weird sense of satisfaction out of cleaning up old crusty fasteners and then threading them back in by hand. I sometimes think that my Lang thread restorer set might be the most used set of tools in my garage. Lots of memories of wrenching with my dad when he was still around. He often assumed the role of the garage sous chef and would spend all afternoon wire brushing and laying out hardware for me to reinstall.
don selleck
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yes there is, I bought a sand blast cabinet over 10 years ago then I use the caswell black oxide on them, there is a learning curve on that stuff too. If the threads aren't stretched or worn, I reuse them.
don selleck
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well I'm back been busy with regular work, good news I can a few more parts now. Just got my stroker kit last week. Doing some final cleaning and checking. Matching up the weights of the reciprocating assembly within .7 gram, pretty happy with CNC motorsports. threw the cam specs in there again, wrote on the back with marker oops. John is going to stop by this weekend to help installing the four corner pistons without the rings and crank to establish deck height
Xcudame
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Looks great (stroker kit) Don! It's going to be a great thumper motor!
And Merry Christmas my friend!
And Merry Christmas my friend!
don selleck
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Thank you and Merrry Christmas to you also.
larry4406
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Educate me on this please.
don selleck
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Well Larry I'm being educated on this also, John Is my neighbor a good friend of mine who has the Mopar disease also. And to my luck is a daily mechanic for over 20 years, and has rebuilt many LA engines. The plan is to set the crank into position and install the four corner pistons (without rings) and rotate so that we can see how far they come up to the top surface of the block. Being flat tops they should flush out to that surface ideally, leaving only the head gasket (assuming .040) for clearance. The Edelbrock heads (69107) the past owner of my car bought (with only 1250 miles, thats another story
) were mistakenly purchased for a set of stock pistons since they have a step under the combustion chamber that allows room for the piston to protrude past the deck height and into the head chamber. These are 65cc chamber heads, the cc size of that effect the compression ratio, the stroker kit I purchased is spec to 11.3:1 compression which is a little higher than I really wanted so I can run on straight pump gas, being that this is not a daily driver if I have to put a mix of 110 and 93 won't hurt my feelings. being that the heads have that step in them that allow for the stock piston clearance (since stock pistons protrude past the deck height), I should lose some of that compression we are thinking because the aftermarket flat tops are flush and not protruding into the head it will increase the size of the chamber which will decrease the compression ratio. To find out how much not sure on how he will measure that, but i will find out and post it here when I go thru the rebuilding technique John uses.don selleck
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Hopefully some engine guys here will chime in on more info on this situation.
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