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Old 03-09-2022, 08:09 AM   #552
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Default Re: Dumbo The Flying Elephant

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Originally Posted by Larry Hill View Post
Got the honing plates on Dumbo with the crank still in the block to check cylinder straightness. Bottom line is we have to do something different, the cylinders were everywhere. .002 tight at 2-8 o’clock,10-4 slightly better, 12-6 loose tight loose, and 3-9 not bad.

I should have quit a little over a year after we started racing, because then I knew most of the answers!
Hey Larry, was the block sonic tested before using. The cylinder wall thickness is thin to begin with.
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