UTG -The Mighty 318

replicaracer43 said

Now he has started a series about how to rebuild your engine in your kitchen, with no tools. Sorta...no need for a cheap dial bore gauge, he shows you how to install a worn out ring in a worn cylinder and check "roundness and taper" with a flashlight. And use your dads aluminum level to check your deck surface, with.....you guessed it, a flashlight....and you can run std worn out pistons in a .010 over block, and it "wont slap or nuthing" (actual quote) its like a car crash, it's hard to look away. WOW

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Alot of the things you are knocking him about work for building a decent engine. He isn't going for a max effort affair.... The ring advise to check for taper is good advise. Checking the deck surface with a straight edge is good advise. You think the factory blocks were even close to flat? .010" over on a 3.91" bore and factory pistons is fine, this was done many times throughout the years when it wasn't worth boring the block. Just honing it will bring it out that large. Some people knurled the pistons to prevent the rattle if it happened. While I know very little about his methods, I would say some of his advise in his video was okay for the backyard mechanic and was done and is still done today in shops.