Let me disclaim that I have no real knowledge in the way of offset wrist
pins.
It's just that I was wondering to myself *why* you'd offset the pin. I
could only imagine that you'd want the connecting rod in its most vertical
position on the power stroke. (To minimize cylinder wear and con rod flex,
right?) So in our MG's the piston pin would be offset towards the manifold
side, not the distributor side. This bears up in that Rich's friend's
pistons are offset the other way, and the arrow on the one piston points
towards the back, which is unusual.
Would any of you seasoned racers care to educate me?
As always, thanks.
Matt Kulka
Huntersville, NC
'74 B
-----Original Message-----
From: Rikrock@aol.com [mailto:Rikrock@aol.com]
...The piston with the
arrow on it was installed in the number two cylinder with the arrow pointing
to the rear of the engine...
...the way this engine was put together, the
distance from the center of the wrist pin to the cylinder wall is greater on
the intake/exhaust side of the block...
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