| RE:Why I do my own work........ |
Subject: RE:Why I do my own work........ by jsup on 2008/1/11 1:13:29 Quote: Why did you compound the problem by re-tapping the holes to 5/16" when you already knew they were supposed to be 8 mm? It seems you have perpetuated the work of a hack. I wonder what the next guy that gets it, or the guy after him, will say about your work? Here's why. The starter threads were completely beat up pretty good. They were forced to 5/16. For me to try to cut them back to 8MM would have screwed them up more since I couldn't get them started correctly. 5/16s is .3125 8MM is .314. There is very very little difference. We're talking .002 inches. I chose 5/16 because EVERY SINGLE OTHER HOLE ON THE DAM MANIFOLD is SAE, not metric. Why Accel would use metric in this one case, make no sense to me. Also, I had the dam tap. It works, it fits, the threads are new and clean. The bolts fit snugly, it's not an issue. Why do you have an issue with it? Again we're talking .002 inches. I was ready to take the manifold off and bring it to a machine shop to do it "right". I used the 5/16. If it worked I'm home free. If it didn't no harm no foul. It wasn't going to get any worse. Why would it matter anyway? It's the bolts that hold the runners to the manifold....this application it makes no difference. |
