Firstly Happy New Year to everyone!
Im hoping this is an easy question to answer. Last month I received my new Shelby 427 FE stroker from Survival Motorsports and I am now preparing it for installation into my Kirkham. The first job is to align my Lakewood bellhousing with the crank centre. I checked the alignment and found it to be 0.038 TIR, which means I need to move the bellhousing approx. 0.019.
I already have a Lakewood dowel pin & weld bush kit and plan to open up the dowel pin holes in the bellhousing to 1- 1/16 diameter to allow enough movement to centre the bell before welding the bush in place.
My question is about the longer dowel pins which were supplied with the kit. When I put the bush over the existing dowel pins and press it up hard against the block plate, the pin is almost to the end of the bush. The exact distance from the end of the pin to the end of the bush is 0.062 top right & 0.055 bottom left. See photos below
It would seem to me that there is ample engagement between the dowel pin & bush, so I dont see the point trying to tackle the potential nightmare job of replacing the existing dowel pins in the block?
Do you think I can go with the existing dowel pins?