RE: Good Parts vs Bad Parts

Jarrid Gross (GROSS(at)unit.com)
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 07:55:00 -0800


---------- From: jerome(at)supernet.ab.ca

>I have two engines, the Tomato 1592 and a Rapier 1494. The latter is
>fairly pristine, standard pistons, bearings and washers with very
little >wear, except for very crappy lifters (edge-chips and some pits).

>I don't want to use the block, but the Rapier crank barely needs
>grinding while the Tomato crank is at 030 over already. The Rapier
>camshaft also appears to be better.

>But, the Workshop manual states that the 1592 crank has larger big end
>journal diameters and big and little end bore diameters. Does this mean
>I'm out of luck?

The blocks and cranks are not interchangeable.

So in a word, Yes you are out of luck.

Jarrid Gross