Goodhart's budget beater 1g

[goodhart]

You remember what the second ring was gapped to? Seems like a huge debate on whether to gap the second ring tighter or looser than the top.

[asshanson]

Sorry, don't remember.

[s1ngletracker]

On our honda, the second ring was looser than the top... but that was also per the factory specs.

DSM? hell if I know.

[goodhart]

Well, I've slowly been plucking away at assembling the motor over at 95talonracer's house.



Oil squirters and main bearings in
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Checking clearances with the plastigauge. ~.0017 oil clearance on the mains. Spec is .0007-.0020
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Crank bolted it. Awesome help by Kerry showing me how to check crank endplay. Ended up being a solid .003. Spec is .002-.007.
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Pistons were nasty, but cleaned up pretty nicely. Took forever.
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Rod bearings in place
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Plastigauge on the rod bearings, ended up being right around .0015-.0017, Spec is 0.0006-0.0030
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Checking ring end gap:
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.018 top ring
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.024 2nd ring
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Writing everything down for reference
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All bolted in and torqued to spec
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Decided to call it a night after that. Front case and BSE is ready to install. Have to track down a rear main seal since the one I got in my gasket kit was wrong. Then I can install the front case, oil pump housing, oil pickup, and rear main seal and oil pan.

[goodhart]

Painted my oil pan as well
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Also picked up some Evo IV (4) valve springs, retainers, and seats from Spaz
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And an Eprom ECU from Cam aka Spoolin_Turbo
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[blackrosenova400]

Lookin good Mike!

[cmspaz]

Nice progress! At this rate you should have this together by the time the snow flies.

[goodhart]

eh. maybe. I still need to bring the head to Gosh and with this stupid ass govt shutdown, I have no guarantee that I will get my November VA disability so I am done spending money on it until that shit is figured out.

[Murlo26]

Haven't checked this out yet, looking good though sir. Keep it up!

[DSMINMN]

Nice progress indeed.

What're you looking to have done to your head?