Not bad. It's come a long way. I'm pretty excited to see you at the track. If nothing more than to kick your ass.:pot_stir:

Thanks, Also using entirely 100% found parts from forums and craigslist.

Picked up my rotating assembly friday before Justin and I left for Vegas. Crank needed no mallory which is a HUGE plus. Just small amounts of material removal. Rods had just a touch of material removed as well. Rod finished by media blasting the decks of the pistons, apparently this strengthens the pistons by 2-5x a standard forging. All for $175.

Since I don't have a bolt stretch gauge i'm going to assemble it all tomorrow and torque the rod bolts when I get one. Rod commented he hopes i'm not putting a 1500hp capable rotating assembly in a stock block :bigthumbsup:

He said these parts won't even sneeze at 1000rwhp in a boss block. Which is exactly what I like to hear.

Everything went fine up until I realized I was shorted a ring, well the center spring section of the oil ring set.
Since I want the ability to grow in the future I set the ring gaps a little larger than a standard boosted application. .65mm on the top ring, and .76mm on the bottom ring.

So I put 7 pistons in until I can track down another spring ring, everything else went fine. Just need to torque everything down once I get a stretch gauge and bring my torque wrench to the shop.

Here's the pretty stuff




Coated race bearings






I was worried the pistons wouldn't come in below the deck, they did. Rough measurements are .010, i'll know exactly when I degree the cam

Gapping fun

Looking good but sorry about the rings. What was the bearing clearance?

end play or compression?
There was almost zero end play and the bearings all came in around .0021. since these are coated high crush bearings they run a tad tighter. But should be fine overall.

I was asking about all which you just answered, lol. Did you get a stretch gauge yet?

Not yet, gonna have to bite the bullet and buy one. Also going to buy a new ring compressor cause mine sucks dick.

Is that a 4.030 bore? If so I have one of these you can borrow.



They work great. You can push the piston in by hand with it.

It's just pretty to look at. :popcorn:

I'm assuming that you were going to pull it apart again but I guess since you already installed the pistons, you are talking about needing a new one for future builds.