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Suggestions for replacing 5.7 V-8 Cracked Block
Having just done a complete rebuild / balance / blueprint on a friend's 5.7L
Crusaders, I can add one more item: The pistons have to be mounted on the rods pointing to the back of the engine on the counter-rotating unit. This is because the pistons are slightly asymetrical, with more material and a stronger skirt on the side of the piston subject to side-thrust when the cylinder fires. Your engine will not live very long if you do not do this. Terry |
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Suggestions for replacing 5.7 V-8 Cracked Block
That's interesting. I wonder what you are supposed to do with pistons that
have flycuts directly under the valves for extra valve clearance. wrote in message .com... Having just done a complete rebuild / balance / blueprint on a friend's 5.7L Crusaders, I can add one more item: The pistons have to be mounted on the rods pointing to the back of the engine on the counter-rotating unit. This is because the pistons are slightly asymetrical, with more material and a stronger skirt on the side of the piston subject to side-thrust when the cylinder fires. Your engine will not live very long if you do not do this. Terry |
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