Very interesting...must have had shortened pistons, too, eh?
Somehow I knew this would open the door to some interesting stuff.
Thanks,
Joe
> ----------
> From: Malaboge@aol.com[SMTP:Malaboge@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 1997 9:40 PM
> To: AlexanderJosephH@Waterloo.deere.com; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Block/Liner Question
>
> In a message dated 97-10-28 10:50:00 EST,
> AlexanderJosephH@Waterloo.deere.com
> writes:
>
> <<
> If I were to take a stock TR4 block and stock set of liners and
> wished
> to "freshen" the surface of the deck, what is the procedure?
> Pitfalls?
>
> Never done this before and dont want to find out things the hard way
> IF
> I do a skim cut.
> >>
> Opinions...ever'body's got one...
>
> My first reaction is "don't do it" unless your block is unuseable
> otherwise.
> My second reaction is "don't do it"...find another block.
>
> Now, all that said and done, if you're gonna go for it, and ya wanna
> make
> some serious inroads into uncharted TR territory, think about this
> (we're
> talkin "urban legend" here...I have never done this myself, but have
> actually
> had my hands on a running motor that had about 3/8" of the top of the
> block
> milled off. Stock heigth liners were used, and from the outside, the
> head
> appeared stockish thickness. The trick here was that the head was
> counter
> bored to accept the liners. The theory was that the motor had very
> high
> compression, but because the head was "stepped" inside, it maintained
> superior stiffness and would "hold" the high compression. As this
> particular
> car usually beat the wee-wee outta me on the straights (never could
> get that
> car to corner worth a darn though), there may be something to it.
>
> Not respsonsible for telling you more than I know...
> Nick in Nor Cal
>
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