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are these fancy pistons with 4 rings? or is it a new 8cyl?

nothing fancy...of lets count them together shall we

1 x top ring

1 x second ring

2 x oil rings

4 rings ha ha ha (done in the voice of the count from Sesame Street)

another great build up thread

top quality work there Dirt!

makes me very jealous, i havnt got my hands properly dirty in a good 8 months

skylinekid, you must have a grin plastered ear to ear, all the best mate

lol maby.... ill get excited wen its on the dyno gettin tuned lol

and wat fancy modifications have been down to ur block anthony... or is it a secret???

he's talking about de-burring (removing the casting seams)...i do it with STD blocks...N1's at this power level if balanced correctly are fine. Its engine harmonics that crack thin fatigued blocks so balancing is very critical...running a proper balancer is more important than de-burring. How many people would just bolt this stroker kit into a block assuming Tomei has got it spot-on...id say a lot...ive proven they are far from it.

he's talking about de-burring (removing the casting seams)...i do it with STD blocks...N1's at this power level if balanced correctly are fine. Its engine harmonics that crack thin fatigued blocks so balancing is very critical...running a proper balancer is more important than de-burring. How many people would just bolt this stroker kit into a block assuming Tomei has got it spot-on...id say a lot...ive proven they are far from it.

yup yup thats what i was talking about..

well put it this way.... i trust paul with building this engine correctly the way he see's fit.... he knows that if the block cracks he will be getting a bad rep... and both me and him know he doesnt want that. for instance look at how fussy hes been with the head. he didnt want it leaving till it was spot on due to the fact of it was his rep that would turn to shit otherwise. but i left it all upto him so it was his choice to do.

new head is down in newcastle about to start gettin the head work done... new valves retainers and springs are in and ready to be installed. am very keen to see a photos of these fancy double springs u speak of paul?

ill take some shots of the good bits and post them up

new 1mm oversize inconnel valves...nice...very nice

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titanium retainers...these are so light they almost feel like they are plastic

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dual valve springs

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Tomei 270 deg 10.8mm cams and Tomei bronze guides are ordered and on their way...combined with a stage 2 port job this is going to be one awesome head.

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