bottom end inspection...

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

Ok well if you are hell bent on using another bearing cap from another 
engine then you will need to strip the block and take it and the new bearing 
cap to the machine shop to have it line bored to match the other bearing 
caps. Its not a matter of matching the bearing cap the crank; its a matter 
of matching the cap to the other caps and the block. in order to remove the 
crank you will need to remove the tranny as well as the clutch assy is 
bolted to the crank.



Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA





>From: Paul Maione <paulmaione@videotron.ca>
>To: Chris DeLong <green536@hotmail.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: bottom end inspection...
>Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 09:03:21 -0400
>
>
>>OK Paully, slow down there!! DO NOT TAKE A BEARING CAP FROM ANOTHER ENGINE 
>>THAT YOU HAVE "LAYING AROUND"!! Bearing caps are precision machined to fit 
>>the block. You will most certainly have bearing, clutch, crank failure if 
>>you jsut slap something in there. If the bearing cap is fucked then 
>>consequently the block is fucked. This means engine time. However, it has 
>>been known to replace the bearing with OE stuff (I.E. the dealer kit) and 
>>make the engine last a bit longer. If you have a built race engine and 
>>this happened to you; then tear the whole thing down and start again. HTH.
>
>you see? i'm in a delirious state!@$!%!
>i'm gone straight bonkers. alright then, so then off the crank comes. 
>should i take the whole
>motor out, or can i just just take out the crank so i can have it machined? 
>if i have another bearing
>cap machined with the crank at the same time, is that acceptable?
>
>pretty much, it's more or less mega screwed. i'm gonna have to take out the 
>whole motor
>most probably so i can have everything on the bottom end machined. sucky. i 
>don't get it.
>the motor was fine last year when i put it away, and now it's totally 
>screwed. i didn't even
>drive it, all i did was start it.
>
>well i'm off to work now so i can check more damage and really see how
>bad it is.
>
>i'll update tonight when i get back.
>
>oh man.
>
>paul
>
>
>
>

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