Matt,
In my case the machinist measured the bore and told me what size pistons I
needed. Then when the pistons arrived, he measured the pistons and bored
the cylinders the right amount over the actual piston size. It seems they
prefer not to bore the cylinders and trust that the right pistons will
indeed be right.
Daryl
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> From: Matt Liggett <mliggett-receive-spridgets@elise.kiva.net>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 1275cc bore?
> Date: Friday, April 03, 1998 5:49 AM
>
> Les Myer wrote:
> > You need to give the new pistons to the machinist so he can fit each
> > individual bore to the particular piston.
>
> Ok, I can't measure my block (don't have a bore gage), so I don't know
> if/how much the block needs bored. The shop will do that for me. So,
> they measure it, tell me how much it needs bored, and I take my block
> back home. Then I order my pistons and a week later they show up. Do I
> take just my pistons in with the block or do I put them on the rods? Do
> I put the rods on the crank?
>
> This is all quite confusing. Seems the machinist could just say "needs
> to go .020 over" and he bores it and I order my pistons and put it
> together. Not good enough, eh?
> --
> Matt Liggett
> '60 Mini, '70 Midget, '89 SAAB 900t SPG
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