Oil gallery tapped for threaded plugs, also tapped a hole for a breather vent where the fuel pump would go on earlier versions of this engine. Later ones like this used an electric fuel pump so the boss is a perfect place to put a breather.
I also marked the block so we can drill and tap for two more cylinder head studs - I'll let the machine shop do this on their mill so they'll be both accurate and square to the deck.
Speaking of the deck, I measured 37 thou from the piston to the deck, so we'll be taking 32 thou off to help with compression ratio.
I didn't do the cylinder head, so I don't know yet what the chamber cc is, till I get that I won't cut it down any. I also need to figure out how much clearance there is for the valves, and whether we'll need to flycut the top of the piston. We don't have a ton of extra metal on top, so this could get interesting.
The pistons and rods are marked and assembled, although I still have one or two more small mods to do to them before they go to be balanced.
The rotating assembly will go to Kent's shop so he can balance everything, once it's all back from the various machine shops it will be time to put it together and make some noise!
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Measuring for thrust clearance.....right now I have zero, tho the crank turns freely (so there must be some) I've noticed I have to machine a few thou off the thrust washers on every build these days - doesn't matter who supplies them. It's a PITA but you need 3-4 thou clearance.....
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