| Re: A couple of engine rebuild questions |
Subject: Re: A couple of engine rebuild questions by rklessdriver on 2011/1/27 14:35:47 Ray What it sounds like your doing is double checking Scat to ensure they stretched the bolts the proper amount when they mfgr'd the rods. If Scat stretched the bolts incorrectly when they honed the rods to size it could distort the rod bore out of round when they are stretched correctly during engine assembly. That is why I said it's an overly anal step.... Your going to find out when you check the rod bore. I think what I have below (consider it my connecting rod check list) would have made this much easier to explain.  I first take the rods apart, clean them up, inspect them for physical defects, measure and record the rod bolt free length, re-assemble the rods with the rod bolts stretched correcly and measure the big ends (and the pin bore/little end)... If something is wrong you can then take the rod to the machine and fix it. At that point I record all the connecting rod measurements in the spec sheet. After that I weigh them and correct any variance greater than a gram. At that point I record all the weights in the spec sheet. After that, clean them up once more and they are ready to assemble on to the pistons. Will |
