some notes from a beginner, change rings or change pistons?

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Originally Posted by sand man

Red Line assembly lube

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Good! And I'm not sure on the honing part!

finished thevalve lapping today, hope i can get an engine stand tomorow

got the engine stand !!!

ok so i measured the crank main bearings oil clearence

here are some pics:

#5:0.0010-0.00009
#4:didnt mesure
#3:0.00007-0.00008
#2:0.0001-0.00009
#1:0.00007-0.00008

#5

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...C/IMG_0292.jpg


#3

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...C/IMG_0297.jpg


#2

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...C/IMG_0301.jpg


#1

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...C/IMG_0304.jpg


is that with in the spec?

Looks to tight of bearing clearance to me. Did you do it with the crank and bearing dry or oiled?

I thought so, but then agine they have some assembly lube, this is my first assembly so i have some mistakes

I used the wrong one , i should use the green plastigauge, unfortunetly i dont have it!
orderd it from summit and they sent me the wrong size

guess i should count on my luck on this one!

btw rotating assembly is in ,pistons, rods ,crank spin smoothly , cam is also in, oil pump is in

will torque the connecting rod bolts tomorow, install lifters ,heads,oil pan , and take some pics ,

hopefully, well tray to drop the motor tomorow and turn the engine

wish me luck:thumbs:

I already have OBX headers on the 5.3 will reuse them of course

some pics from yestrday, pan is on oil pump is in heads are on


http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...C/IMG_0306.jpg

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...C/IMG_0309.jpg


after we mounted the motor under the hood , and I was cleaning the intake manifold has a hole 2"x3"

you can see it just behind the throttle on the drivers side

http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMG_0172-2.jpg

Where did you buy the intake, can you return it?

Did you measure the clearance on the rods? Those mains are super tight..