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RE: 1275cc bore?

To: "'spridgets@Autox.Team.Net'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>, "'Matt Liggett'" <mliggett-receive-spridgets@elise.kiva.net>
Subject: RE: 1275cc bore?
From: "Elliott, Patrick" <patrick.elliott@attws.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:36:22 -0800
Reply-to: "Elliott, Patrick" <patrick.elliott@attws.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Since you need pistons anyway, I would buy 20 over pistons, take them to
the shop, and have the block bored to fit.

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>From:  Matt Liggett[SMTP:mliggett-receive-spridgets@elise.kiva.net]
>Reply To:      Matt Liggett
>Sent:  Friday, April 03, 1998 5:49 AM
>To:    spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>Subject:       Re: 1275cc bore?
>
>Les Myer wrote:
>> You need to give the new pistons to the machinist so he can fit each
>> individual bore to the particular piston.
>
>Ok, I can't measure my block (don't have a bore gage), so I don't know
>if/how much the block needs bored.  The shop will do that for me.  So,
>they measure it, tell me how much it needs bored, and I take my block
>back home.  Then I order my pistons and a week later they show up.  Do I
>take just my pistons in with the block or do I put them on the rods?  Do
>I put the rods on the crank?
>
>This is all quite confusing.  Seems the machinist could just say "needs
>to go .020 over" and he bores it and I order my pistons and put it
>together.  Not good enough, eh?
>-- 
>        Matt Liggett
>        '60 Mini, '70 Midget, '89 SAAB 900t SPG
>

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