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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