Yesterday, I picked up the engine parts that I dropped off at the machine shop a while back. Everything looks great. The shop did an excellent job of balancing all the rods to the pistons, setting all the bearing clearances, polishing the crank, setting up the head, etc., etc.
Here are some pics...
Reworked stock rods, new small end bushings, ARP bolts installed, resized big ends, and individually weight matched to the corresponding pistons.
Matching pistons, sized for each bore, and balanced in conjunction with the rods.
The stock, forged crank only needed to be cleaned up and have the journals polished.
For reference purposes, the bore sizes are noted on the piston box.
The assembled head
A view into 2 ports, showing the tapered guides, lightly ported bowls, and 7mm stems.
The guest of honor, with head studs, main studs, line honed main caps, and fresh intermediate shaft bearings.
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