Mine had to go 0.030 over to clean up the bore properly.
Les
At 08:36 AM 4/3/98 -0800, you wrote:
>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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