12-12-2018, 10:31 PM
Gotta a long day in on the engine. Got the crank out finally now that my puller arrived. I got some practice runs in with the ball hone using the 360 block. No real risk in hurting anything there because that's likely getting bored out before I do anything with it. Managed to find a good speed to get a nice 45 degree cross hatch and hit all 8 cylinders without any trouble.
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Got all the old rings off the pistons and threw a new set on to check clearance between the rings and piston. It was somewhere around .003" which is acceptable to run without any real issues. Double checked the ring gap while I was at it and that was around .024 for the 2 rings I checked which is right where I wanna be.
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Threw the crank back on hoping to get the pistons back in before realizing I'm getting wayyyy ahead of myself. I need to get some kind of baffling in this pan before autocrossing it too hard. Going to add my own to the stock pan since that seems to be my only option. Got a decent cardboard template made up pretty quickly. Decided to call it night since I'm at a dead end until I get that baffling added to the oil pan. That's not going to happen until I go to my parent's for Christmas so I'll have some time to sort out the engine bay.
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Got all the old rings off the pistons and threw a new set on to check clearance between the rings and piston. It was somewhere around .003" which is acceptable to run without any real issues. Double checked the ring gap while I was at it and that was around .024 for the 2 rings I checked which is right where I wanna be.
Threw the crank back on hoping to get the pistons back in before realizing I'm getting wayyyy ahead of myself. I need to get some kind of baffling in this pan before autocrossing it too hard. Going to add my own to the stock pan since that seems to be my only option. Got a decent cardboard template made up pretty quickly. Decided to call it night since I'm at a dead end until I get that baffling added to the oil pan. That's not going to happen until I go to my parent's for Christmas so I'll have some time to sort out the engine bay.