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RLJ RLJ is offline
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Hi Jim, load the case in your other car and take it and the rods and new bearings to who ever, Tyson or John and get them to measure the crank and the rods. Put the new rod bearings in the rods with the old rod bolts and torque them and measure the hole, see if it matches the crank (Think aobut new ARP rod bolts too). Building a high performance motor in the garage is great but ya' gota get things measured somewhere and checking eveything with a micrometer is very importand. I have seen guys use a ball anvil micrometer and measure rod bearing shells to .ooo1 and mix and match to get nervana.

Randy Jones
1971 911

PS- The old guy who tought me to build "OFFY" motors used 50%STP and 50% moly grease mixture for cam break in and 50/50 mix of oil and STP for eveything else. He said that was the only thing STP was good for.
Old 01-24-2002, 09:51 PM
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