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Re: [Mgs] mgb connecting rods

To: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] mgb connecting rods
From: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:20:17 -0500
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When I built the last one I took the new overbore pistons, old rods, 
block, crank & flywheel  to a machine shop in south San Antonio that had 
a good rep in the performance fraternity of south TX. Those guys knew 
just what I wanted.  I was surprised that the rods didn't need 
re-sizing.  The rods were well matched in weights; after all, they were 
a set in a apparently factory-built 18GB engine.  So I got the block 
boiled out and bored (didn't need line-boring) to match the pistons, new 
cam bearings, re-surface the flywheel and "balance the mess." :-) I made 
several trips down there during this process, a 150 mile round trip, 
with stop-offs for Tex-Mex food, etc.  Took everything home and started 
putting it all together.  I had a great time during this project and it 
worked out well.

BTW, I got most of my parts from George Merryweather of Classic 
Restorations, a Moss Motors drop shipper.  He had great prices!   I knew 
him from NAMGBR, met him at the annual MG GoF at Salado, TX. Anybody 
remember him?  I wonder how he's getting along.

CR
On 8/19/2013 9:10 PM, Richard Ewald wrote:
> for what's it worth, on one B engine I built the piston and rod assemblies
> were massively out of balance when the machine shop went to balance them.
> Invest in a scale and match the rods and pistons to get all the weights as
> close as possible, or send the whole mess out and get it balanced.
> Rick
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