The piston number indicates that it’s a 60 over. Can it still be cleaned up/bored or is 60 over maxed out? If it can be bored what is the next piston size up?
ID’ing my pistons and crank
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I do t know of bigger than .060 overs for the 318. They could be out there.
If it needs to be honed to save it you can coat the pistons with Line2Line’ abradable coating.
IIRC they can add up to .020 on diameter.
I coat every piston I can. With that coating the piston runs at near zero clearance. Ring seal is remarkably better.
Doing that is cheaper than getting a different block, new pistons and all the rest of the work.
I just got around to cleaning and inspecting the piston. It’s actually a 0.030 over. Walls look good.
Is the cam grind number stamped on the end of the came here? If I pop the plug should I be able to read it?
It depends. Sometimes it’s on the other end but it should be on that end of the cam.
NOT AGAIN. There are two styles of cam corks. That's installed BACKWARDS. If it's even right for the the year of your block.
Rear expansion plug of rear cam shaft question.
Rear expansion plug of rear cam shaft question.
Then I guess I shouldn’t be concerned about removing it. Oh and it’s a 70 block. I assume that the attached thread is for all small block LA’s?
Stupid question but how do you normally pop these out? I really don’t want to drill a hole in the center of it and pull it out that way, but maybe that’s the only easy way to do it. Apparently mine is in backwards as well?.
Got it popped off. Nothing printed here.
Time to pull the timing cover!
Man this thing looks new. Maybe I should just use it while I rebuild my 340….
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