Waiting for HM1103. Might as well build a motor!

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Each bore is slightly different, so you need to gap rings in sets for each cylinder.  Keep track of them!

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Next we assembled pistons and rods.  We lettered each piston, and matched them with ring sets.  

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We checked ring to groove clearance before installing rings.  

Kerianne's fingertips are still healing!  

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Piston assembly is lubed and placed in ring compressor and inserted in bore.  

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Piston is lightly tapped into bore.  This will not damage rings.  

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We had trouble deciding which way the pistons went.  

We finally had to pull a head out and hold it up to make sure.

This orientation is correct but the writing etched on the piston is upsidedown. This is what confused us.  

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This is why we notched the block in the beginning.  The Rod bolt head would have broken off on the bottom of the cylinder.  

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Also make sure the rods clear the main girdle.

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Gene (Kerianne's dad) stopped by to give us a hand and talk us through some things.  He built a few performance engines in his day.  

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Kerianne's torqueing the main cap bolts with the girdle installed. They have to be torqued twice.

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Torqueing the rod bolts.  These have to be torqued 4 times.  

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Timing chain was installed next.  Line up the marks between the two sprockets.

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Windage tray and oil pickup were installed. Notice the tight clearance between the edge of the windage tray and the pickup.  Loctite is used on the oil pump and windage tray fasteners.

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"Big Assed" Oil Pan was dry fit.  It holds 9 quarts and has baffles and trap doors out the wazzu!  8-)Clearance between bottom of pickup and pan was checked.  

[berzerko]

Very cool never built a motor makes me want to try!!