project doomsdays B6T build

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You need feeler gauges to measure the endgap of the rings in the cylinder before you put them on the pistons, and you need plastigauge to measure bearing (oil) clearances to make sure everything specs out. What brand of rings and bearings did you buy? You will want to get a few bottles of dawn power dissolver to clean the pistons and ring grooves, just break an old ring to scrape it out. Have the block cleaned THOROUGHLY and honed/deglazed before you put fresh rings in glazed over walls. Also a good time to have the block decked if your going to, they can put a flawless surface on it with minimal removal of material. If you already have the parts and you take it apart and put it back together and do all the cleaning it won't cost more than a couple hundred for all the machine work to the block, if that. Make sure they Mic the crankshaft before anything else, or it would be like building a house on a mud foundation. I'm forgetting something...

Anyway, rent autozones piston ring compressor, its blue/purpleish and works great, just make sure the rings slide in the cylinders smooth, do NOT force it.

[frankm201]

Ok so I have already had the cylinder walls deglazed the look good as for the pistons they were cleaned at my job I might throw them in the parts cleaner just in case I bought beck an arnley piston rings an CRB so they should be stock I heard about the plastigauge so do you thing I shouldn't mess with the CRB an just put knew piston rings???

[xaero_81]

I have heard wonders of engine treatment with Moly to fill creases in bearings. However if you use too much, it will lower/close your oil clearance.

[M3NTAL]

Well my .02 would be if your going to tear down the entire motor for that you might as well do all the bearings and rings. That's just my .02

Do it once do it right.

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It's not unheard of to use old bearings, I have to agree with the do it once do it right theory, but you can plastigauge the old bearings to make sure the clearances are still in spec and choose for yourself what you should do.think about the miles on it now, and what they will look like later.

[frankm201]

Ok imma try both an see

[frankm201]

Just some picture of my festy an aspire slow process lol

[frankm201]

Gettin exhaust valves put in today along with new"er" valve springs that at least the head will be complete. A few more things to tweak an replace an ill be ready to drop this baby in the festy still have to refurbish the lifters... never enough time in the day oi

[frankm201]

Well last night I managed to get thru about half of the lifters, refurbishing then an such.
This process doesn't take long but if you have a stubborn lifter it can take a min to get apart,
Slowly but sure my b6t will be ready :-)

[frankm201]

Thought id throw up a pic of the lifters