With an overbore of 0.100 will the head gasket hang out into the bore?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jack halton [mailto:safesix@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 5:19 AM
> To: Antonio R. Tijerino; Ole Trucks
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Engine questions.
>
>
> .100 is well within the overbore limits of a 235, unless the
> block has a
> serious core shift. In fact you can safely go to .125 on most
> of these old
> engines. The problem is that pistons and rings are difficult
> to find in that
> oversize, although they are available from Ross Pistons and
> Patricks, as
> well as Stovebolt.
>
> Unless your machinist has done this before, I think you would
> be better off
> with a new block. Good 235 Powerglide cores should be
> available for far less
> than $150, at least in this area.
>
> Jack / Winter Park FL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Antonio R. Tijerino <antonio@innercite.com>
> To: Ole Trucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:04 AM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Engine questions.
>
>
> > Before I post my question I would like to give a little
> background. My
> > '53 Truck came with a 235 engine that was still sitting on
> the engine
> > bay, but it was pretty much all apart, the head was in the
> bed and it
> > did no have the peripherals. I did not think this engine
> was usable, so
> > I decided to get me another engine. I got a '54 235, this engine was
> > complete, but I did not know the condition of it, I took it
> apart and
> > took to the machine shop, the machine shop guy says that
> the block has
> > been over bored too many times, as a matter of fact the pistons were
> > 0.100 oversize. The machine shop told me he can get me a
> good block for
> > an extra $150.00. I went back to my shed and looked at the
> original '53
> > engine that came with the truck, I took it apart and
> noticed that the
> > pistons were 0.040 oversize, not only that, but the bearings and
> > journals all look pretty good, also while cleaning the
> block I found an
> > old engine re-manufacturing company tag from a place in So. Cal.
> > My question is the following: Can I use the '53 block
> (original dipper
> > engine) with the crank and cam from the '54, also the
> connecting rods
> > and convert it from a dipper to a full pressure engine?.
> The machinist
> > seems to think that this is OK, he told me that the only
> conversion that
> > cannot be done is to convert a solid lifter engine to a
> hydraulic lifter
> > engine. Are there any major differences between the two
> years other than
> > the oiling system? I noticed that the main bearings are not
> the poured
> > type but the insert type.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Antonio R. Tijerino
> > '53 3100
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between
> 1941 and 1959
>
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