On Tuesday, November 18, 1997 2:18 AM, joe kleifges
[SMTP:hardchrome(at)netvalue.net] wrote:
> i need to know the max bore i can have with stock pistons.
> i have a set of extra standard bore pistons, and a block with stock
> bores that will need a heavy hone to get the bores in shape. i think they
> will clean up well at .003-.005 over.
> will this work, or is a .020 over bore and pistons in order. i don't
> plan to beat on this engine, when built, if that means anything. if this
> is doable, will there be a need for special rings??? or other mods to
> make it work right??
>
> joe K
> '68 SV with an "alpinized" minx engine
>
This may or may not have been proper, but several years ago when I rebuilt
my Imp I had a similar problem. We honed the bores and ended up being
almost to where we probably should have just had them bored .10 over. At
the time I didn't have the money, so I bought .10 over rings and filed them
to the proper end gap for each of the cylinders. Placed them on the stock
bore pistons and ran the car for a few years.
It unfortunately rusted beyond repair and has since gone to that big scrap
yard in the sky, or is the ground?
Scot Harig
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/7553
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