Engine assembly bench or engine stand

[CMcAllister]

Originally Posted by Greg West

Maybe one of the piston ring companies or honing machine companies could run a test for everyone to prove this out. Hone a block to finish size, check all the bores with a PAT machine. Then mount the block to an engine stand and re-run the PAT test on all the cylinders. Compare the results.

Then check it a third time to see if it came back to size, if, in fact, it moved at all on the stand.