Here's a question for Rojo, and anyone else that might like to chime in...

I was gonna send this to Rojo in a PM, but thought it might make for good conversation online.


I've been doing some thinking about what I might do with this engine, and thought I'd run it past you. I may address the project in two steps. I'm thinking maybe I simply replace the bearings (the mains and the rod bearings) and put it all back together.

Part of the reason I'm thinking of doing this is, heck most of these parts may be new already because of the recent build, and also just the way some of it looks.

I really think doing it "right" calls for boring out the cylinders, and maybe that will be the next step, which I do next year. It's all so easy to take apart, it might be cool to put it back together with new bearing, and monitor how it runs. Check compression over time and such. Then next year take it all apart, and inspect. Then decide about boring it out and doing it all over again the right way. Might be a cool documentary.

This would also test my skills.

The problem all along might be simply a "dirty build" and those Ford bearings.

Additionally, with some basic measuring, I do think the bore is standard size. This means it can be bored out, yay. I do have a bore guage coming later today which would answer this question definitively.

Let me know your thoughts.