bytor said:Piston ring orientation question. I understand this
But what I'm a little unclear on is the orientation of the piston rings to the block. I assume the top compression ring gap should always be at the 12 o-clock position (towards the cam) regardless what side of the block it's on. The diagram below that cam with my rings shows it different on each side.
I may be looking at it wrong.
bytor said:I went ahead and replaced the cam bearings much like Indycars did. I had a few nicks from pre-assembly that bothered me but all good now. I also used Indy’s technique to install and lube the cam by positioning the block upright and dropping the cam in, very easy. Thanks for the Tip Indycars..
Sweet....glad it worked for you!
Started installing the pistons and screwed up on the 1st one. Not a good confidence builder. I think I didn’t have the assembled piston all the way in the ring compressor correctly and it ate one of my oil rings. No other damage done and have another on the way. All the other pistons went in without issues.
Where did you find the broken piece of ring, did it fall outside the cylinder???
Indycars said:Where did you find the broken piece of ring, did it fall outside the cylinder???
bytor said:No, after I got the piston installed, I noticed a 'shiny' streak in the cylinder (about crapped my paints). Not a scratch thank goodness. When I pulled the piston out for investigation, I noticed the edge of the ring that is broken off in the pic was between the piston and cylinder wall still kinda attached to the ring. No other damage noticed. I paid extra attention with the other cylinders looking for marks on the cylinder walls during and after installation.
Indycars said:
Is that the kitchen, I just thought he had a sink in the garage???
Wish I had a sink in the garage, I'm always going thru the house to the kitchen to wash.
bytor said:Yep, just a sink in the garage. It comes in handy. The most important feature of the garage is the beer fridge though.
Indycars said:bytor said:Yep, just a sink in the garage. It comes in handy. The most important feature of the garage is the beer fridge though.
If it's that important, then surely it deserves to have a picture posted !!!
I would be dangerous if I had a fridge for my beer in the garage. :lol:
bytor said:Planing for some of the upcoming task. Guide plate and rocker stud time. Is the procedure basically just loosely assemble the studs, guide plate and rockers and make sure the pushrod/rocker/valve tip alignment is good and then torque the studs? I would assume you want to also ensure these is a little pushrod to guide plate clearance as well correct?
bytor said:Well a bit more drama recently. Installed the harmonic balancer a few days ago and all seemed to be going well. Until I went to remove the install tool. There was a wad of metal that look like it was shaved of just about 1/2 of the hub. Not cool. Much like the broken oil ring, about craped my pants.
Took a pic and emailed Trick Flow tech support. Haven’t got a response yet and didn’t have a chance to call them today. So, I decided to remove the balancer and see what happened. It’s really weird; looks like it may have been out of round or something. The crank snout looks perfect, thank goodness. I lubed the crank and balancer well and heated the balancer in the oven for a bit before I installed it. Very strange. I’ll wait to hear from tech support.
Here's the picture once removed.