OST-044: What the "F"?

[oldeskewltoy]

from another forum Wrote:The MRP rods are also slightly longer than the standard 7A rod aren't they?
about 0.5mm from memory.

To be honest... I can't confirm, or deny that...


Here is what I know........... the deck of the block was slightly damaged, requiring machining to make sure the metal gasket sealed.



The block was decked .008" so this scare would go away. Because I was unsure of how deep that scare was, I had the custom pistons built with .004" less deck then a stock piston is. Once the pistons were fitted to the rods, and fitted to the block, the deck was again checked, and the block was machined a further .005" to set the squish gap @ .035" (~.9mm) - gasket + deck = .035"



The engine assembly went quite smoothly......




Just need to add the timing cover, and the cam cover, and then get this on a pallet back to its owner!!




More to come......