Ready to rebuild.

[[ion] C2]

they have a dish in them, 9:1 compression, stock CR is 9.7:1

[01silveralero]

Originally Posted by Redog

^^ OK just wondering.

Sometimes you have to hone, just becuase of the wear factor. Personally I wouldn't really want to hone.

Are they totally stock pistons, or are they dished in any way?

y wouldn't u want to hone it? it gives u more displacement not much but it does. if u put ur fingernail in the worn spots it needs to get honed plain and simple.

[Oldsnut]

Are you confused with Boring VS Honing?

[[ion] C2]

I think so, honing just slightly scrapes the sides to make sure things are straight. Boring is used to widen the cylinder to fit .020" - .040" wider pistons. I got a great deal on stock size pistons, so no overbore here.

[DOHC_tuner]

yeah I noticed that too....honing and boring.....but do atleast hone the cylinders

[bigdaddyD]

[Ion] C2, if you need some extra hands, im just a hour or so away, id be willing to do some grunt work for ya on the weekends.

[2fst4u]

where'd you get your pistons from? need a set just like them.

[[ion] C2]

Karo from Car Customs, message him on j-body.org

[kwhauck]

Originally Posted by [ion] C2

$900, it would have been around $1200-1400 if I didn't find nice deals.


I'd love to, but I don't know how much it'd be. One of the rods needs to lose 20 grams anyway. (Stupid design change mid-production left me with 3 rods of a certain weight and one that's 20g's more).

So you've had a place build yours? Did you bring them the engine itself or have them pull/rebuild/install (everything). There's quite a few local places I know around Michigan off XceedSpeed (a Michigan based car forum).

Sorry i've been lazy on the forums, i pulled the blown motor from the car, and then before i took it to the shop i sold it, so then I picked up a really dirty block and took it to the machine shop, hotboxed it, bored the pistons, done a lot of measuring and time work since we keep running into problems, but for a hot box it was like $45 for the first load and $30 for any additional which at this shop you should be able to do an entire motor in one load, for the bottom end to be assembled and balances it is really like port work you really just need to pick a number and stick with it, because they can get as precise as you want depending on how much money you want to spend. My motor shop told on mine though I could get assembly and a real good balance for about $600. The little shit is what gets expensive real fast though. I bet I got a good 3-4g in the bottom end when all is said and done.....

[[ion] C2]

Speed Industry (a MI performance place) is going to balance and install everything in the short block for about $320, then my friends (10-12 of them) are going to do an epic build on that engine, then put the supercharger and whatnot (header) on, then drop it in.

[spyhunter]

Originally Posted by kwhauck

Sorry i've been lazy on the forums, i pulled the blown motor from the car, and then before i took it to the shop i sold it, so then I picked up a really dirty block and took it to the machine shop, hotboxed it, bored the pistons, done a lot of measuring and time work since we keep running into problems, but for a hot box it was like $45 for the first load and $30 for any additional which at this shop you should be able to do an entire motor in one load, for the bottom end to be assembled and balances it is really like port work you really just need to pick a number and stick with it, because they can get as precise as you want depending on how much money you want to spend. My motor shop told on mine though I could get assembly and a real good balance for about $600. The little shit is what gets expensive real fast though. I bet I got a good 3-4g in the bottom end when all is said and done.....

for the record you don't bore pistons... you bore the cylinder where the pistons go.

[[ion] C2]

lol..

[kwhauck]

Originally Posted by spyhunter

for the record you don't bore pistons... you bore the cylinder where the pistons go.

yes thank you i was in a hurry........

[01silveralero]

Originally Posted by kwhauck

yes thank you i was in a hurry........

^excuse of somebody who doesnt build their own engine


oops got too confused with other thread

[kwhauck]

Originally Posted by 01silveralero

^excuse of somebody who doesnt build their own engine

Ouch, oh well, i'll be the first to admint, I don't know how to assemble the bottom end of the motor nor do I have the tools to accomplish it and that is why I am paying someone to do that part of the engine build.......

[[ion] C2]

I found out I do have all the tools (well my friend does) to assemble the bottom end, as well as some experience. Hmmmm... I know HOW... I just don't want to.. in case something is screwed up.

[[ion] C2]

I just bought the engine, complete, with about 30k miles on it. Even included the A/C compressor, so my air conditioning will work now! Friend just loaded it up on his truck in OH, heading back up to MI now where we will drop it off at a friend's garage, and build it sometime soon.

Hope to have a forged engine pulling me around everywhere soon! Meth, more boost, drag radials, WOOT! Can't wait for ASS

[[ion] C2]

Here it is.


Hopefully that guy on j-body makes his rebuild tutorial sometime soon.

[Spilner521]

Just make sure when you take bolts/fasteners off you put them all in a little bag and label the bag what they're for. Sounds kinda silly right? Wait 'til you put everything back together and you're missing one bolt for something important...

[kwhauck]

i know that feeling, sucks major wang.....