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94-97 Tech
Possible cracked block?
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[QUOTE="Lt.Dan, post: 1425827, member: 24137"] Aluminum is aluminum, they dont heat treat alumiunm pistons, so machining would only take away .030" of material, which yes, less material means less dissipation of heat, but hell .030" over a 5" tall piston? I doubt it would matter. After doing some reading, im starting to think they didnt take .030" of material off the block and heads, maybe they only took .010" overall, but there has to be a tolerance, a good distance in between the piston and valve. And to get that tolerance correct, maybe they need to be .030"? But again, i have no idea what im talking about, just my theory. I am going to ask them exactly what happened when i pick up everything. My question is, how do they know its .030"? As far as i can tell, the only way to measure P2V distance is with the heads on the block. And the machine shop ONLY has the heads. So how do i know they arent trying to blow smoke up my ass? How do i know they are even measuring it correctly, and maybe its within safe spec? Thats what the next shop will find out. If the pistons protrude that far out, would it cause any problems? What would be so bad about them protruding a little further? Assuming the entire piston doesn't contact the head? And also, why not use shorter pushrods? Not questioning you, just curious as to why. [/QUOTE]
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