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FWIW, I bought forged (metric) Omega pistons from DWM for my BJ8 a
few years ago, and they came with the admonishment: <br>
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"To keep the compression ratio as high as possible they are machined
in height to the uppermost limit and this means, if the engine block
has been skimmed at any time, the piston top may have to be skimmed
to suit. This is standard practice with all good engine builders and
therefore should not pose any problem."<br>
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Why length 18 thou longer I don't know; maybe 'stock' pistons were
purposely cut short to allow for manufacturing differences in the
block or head?<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/19/2025 10:46 PM, Roger Grace
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Late model BJ8</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">In the process of changing out
the
block (because of a porosity coolant leak into the oil drain
back).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Managed to find a Wolseley 110
saloon
block of similar vintage. I do believe that it was original
and had not been previously opened. Everything seemed the
same and interchangeable
with my original bock. Well almost ...</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">While the engine is in bits
decided to do
some upgrades - pots re bore, crank grind, balancing, new
pistons
etc. etc. Now discover that the pots are about 25 thou
shorter than
the original. Any thought as to reason ? I note that the
Wolseley
block had concave piston crowns. Maybe to reduce compression
for a
saloon car and the block decked to set the final compression
?</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">To add to this problem decided to
spring for a set of AH Spares forged pistons. Surprise
surprise the
compression length is about 18 thou longer than standard BJ8
pistons.
These variances might seem trivial but they are
consequential. So
now will likely have to machine the forged piston crowns or
as a last
resort consider a block shim. All rather painful !</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Any thoughts or ideas
appreciated.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">rg</p>
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