RECO2 CLEVO

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yeah if you look at a block with pistons in it you think man that thing is warped,today coming home from the shop a tool fell of the back of a ute so i grabbed it and i am making a top deck zero finder tool to measure roughly how much down the hole my builds are,im sure there is pro tools out there but hey i have to make use of what is here,gerg down the hole will be a thing of the past ,block in the picture is a dummy block.

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Question,what would be the better option,to buy 2 MLS 060 gaskets to keep the comp around 10.1 or releave the chambers on the 302 heads ? cost is around the same so what option would be the best.

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Relieving the chambers would let you remove a bit around the inlet valve to de-shroud, but you'll have to cc the heads after that. Going thicker in gasket would require re-calculating pushrod length and checking valve geometry once it's all together, but most importantly, defeats the purpose of zero-decking because your quench area is being opened up back to where it was when the piston was down the hole (assuming you're zero decking it of course).

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no all my blocks are factory down the hole,so achiveing 10.69 with std 040 gasket and 58cc 302 heads and approx 0.037 down the hole,but if i use a 066 MLS gasket it comes to 10.1

[bear351c 10,270]

I'd stick with 10:1 with todays shit fuel.........

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The bearings turned up getting close now to assembly just waiting on the block

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bought my self some ring pliers and gloves about time too.

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Every time i go to old mates workshop he seems to have something stashed in a cabnet or under a heap of parts,i went there thismorning to check on the block and should be finished by friday,he says i have a bargin for you,and pulls out this box with dust all over it and its a set of 1.73 roller rockers suit clevo or ford BB,with the 7/16 stud size,im not sure what brand they are possibly pro-comp but are definatly not the crappyest ones available,i got them for a steal so old mate will mill the heads to suit,should be fine on a mild set up ,i might put them on my pillow block engine and up the cam a bit to a roller or solid.

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quality is ok ,im stoked

[deankxf 20,292]

all the parts people have had him order then not payed for perhaps over the years..

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10 of the posilocks were missing as he used them for other stuff,but promised to get some more.

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while down at old mates the block is ready later today or tomorrow,i also picked up a set of clevo factory covers that he cleaned,i will paint them soon for the engine because i sold the orange ones for the 302 build,these will be xd-xe silver or xa-c blue which ever i decide.

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i will probly do a xe 351 black engine

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the block is ready in a few hours,when i got there old mate was honing it.

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ready for cam bearings

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rings just turned up too

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this weekend i will start with a warm soapy wash of the block then dry.followed by painting these buggers start rusting straight away

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ok the block is back still needs a final clean

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on the stand

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new cam bearings

[bear351c 10,270]

Sweet.......love building engines. 

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ok wash is done

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let it dry for an hour or 2 b4 continuing to paint later 

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ok all masked up lets paint it.

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will do about 3 coats with waiting time inbetween