Stan---Two things here. The gasket's ring ID is larger than the OD of
the pistons. Plus the top of the pistons, down to the first ring land,
is about .030 smaller than the major OD of the pistons. None of this is
very noticeable to the (older) naked eye, but there it is.
Dick
From:
stan.foster@hp.com(Foster, Stan)
This is probably a stupid question but wth..
If zero decking means bringing the top of the block to the same height
as the pistons, if you then re-cut the recesses and put the later gasket
on, what stops the pistons from hitting the gasket ring that goes into
the recess ?
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Navarrette, Vance
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 12:34 PM
To: Cary Henry; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Fire Rings
Cary:
My machinist simply
measured them, decked the block, and then recut according to his
measurements.
While someone may have
the factory specifications (it may be in Bentley, but I don't have
immediate access to mine) I am not sure that if you are off by a couple
thousandths that it will matter. Gasket crush will take care of any
reasonable measurement errors.
Vance
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