I am in the process of assembling the 1600 stroker. The engine has Venolia forged (flat top) pistons. We are at a dead stop. Don't know which side of the piston goes to the front of the engine. The
You may have to take one to a machinist to have this checked out, but the U20 piston is supposed ot have an offset piston pin. It's only offset by about .040" so you can't see it by eye. See http://w
Thanks for the memory jog on the piston pin offset. I was trying to figure out how to "measure" if there is an offset to the pins without any machinist tools. Only thing I can think of is to slide a
If you have a big enough caliper, you can measure from the inside of the pin bore to the outside of the piston on both sides of the pin bore. Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA