I have reached the point where I need to prepare the piston rings for the .020
overbore for my block and new pistons. If I recall correctly the rule of thumb
is .004 to .005 per inch or roughly .012 to .015 for the nearly 3 inch bore in
my block (the motor not my head). Before I do anything I will be sorry about
are these figures correct? I'm just looking for a "fast street" (whatever that
is) rebuild so this is not going to be used for race applications though I may
use it for an occassional autocross.
I am having the little ends of the rods resized for the new bushings and
wrist pins and the big ends of the rods checked/resized for the .010 I had
removed from the rod and main journals on the crank. I am also having the big
and little ends of the rods balanced after I ground off a bunch of extra
metal. I am using those triple plated King engine bearings I got from Kai for
the bearings. Am I missing anything here? TIA.
Mike Lunsford, 1970 TR6 TBI with bad #1 rod bearing/crank throw.
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