I've set my liners into the block with permatex and temporarily bolted them
down
in several places with the head bolts and spacers and around 10lbs of torque.
Upon measuring I've found all along the distributor side of the block I'm at
.006 or .007 above the block deck on each liner. The other side is within the
.005 on at least two liners with the other two being around the .006 number.
This is too high according to the book which recommends .003-.005.
I had measured them before (with figure 8 gaskets in) and thought I was ok but
apparently not. My question is what now? I'm thinking maybe I should be
installing the head and torqueing the head down to specs.............then
taking
the head off and measuring after that..........maybe the increased torque would
smash the figure 8 gaskets more accurately.
If I cannot get the liners within specs is this handled with a special head
gasket or by milling down the top of the liners? My machinist marked my liners
but upon cleaning up we could not find the marks so they are not in the
original
holes. They've been honed and i'm assuming they can be fit anywhere......is
that accurate?
thanks to all!
gary n.
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