ChuckN's latest activity
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Sounds like its good to go. I think part of the reason Plastigauge has fallen out of favor is because there is so much chinese fake...
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ChuckN replied to the thread Chuck’s engine build thread!.Spec says I think 45-55 ft lbs max? I set my torque wrench to the 30 minimum and it still wouldn’t click, lol. It does spin really free.
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Nice. Those numbers are fine, betting she spins nice and smooth by hand with very little effort as well, that's right in the range of...
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Sounds like you have been reading from the "experts" over on fakebook? :Big Laugh:
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Completely agree on all accounts. The parroting has gotten crazy the last few years, I was just shocked at how many people suddenly...
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Lots of armchair experts out there. I’d be willing to bet most of those people have never used a dial bore gauge and micrometers, or...
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The internet. They're wholly internet creatures parroting what they've read, heard, been told. People take great joy in being...
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Plasti-guage is the go/no go of my time. Still was, I thought. Let the internet AI types build without it. We'll see whose stuff...
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ChuckN replied to the thread Chuck’s engine build thread!.I refined my method and retried. Someone had told me to smear just a little film of Vaseline on the journal to ease the plastic removal...
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It's a good enough check to see nothing is too far off. Of the dozens if not a hundred plus rebuilds over the years I've used it as a...
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I wouldn't listen to them. Millions of solid engines were built with the use of plastigage. Heck, the 350 I rebuilt with Pop back in...
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ChuckN replied to the thread Chuck’s engine build thread!.For sure. I mean, in my high school back in the day, we were all told that plastigage was perfectly fine and acceptable, and part of a...
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My dad, several of his friends, my friends and me have all used plastigage over the years and it's always been fine. I used to see it on...
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ChuckN replied to the thread Chuck’s engine build thread!.I hear ya. At this point, basic calipers is all I have, and I don’t trust the calipers I have, they’re inconsistent. Which means I...
