427 side oiler vs Shelby alu. block - Page 2

misfit41 · #21 (**permalink**) 10-09-2003, 10:06 AM

I belive the cylinders are meant to be final honed by the builder to acheive the wanted piston to wall clearance,Tk

ERA 626 · #22 (**permalink**) 10-09-2003, 02:41 PM

OOps I did not realize I put the crying face there...

GEORGE ANDERSON · #23 (**permalink**) 10-09-2003, 09:50 PM

Sizzler...can you link me to the German post above... about the Shelby Block problem....I'd like to read it all and see the outcome...
Regards, George

Jamo · #24 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 01:09 AM

Ed

Good talking to you off-line. Sounds like you're getting the right advice and you're ready to make the right moves.

Best of luck...you're gonna love it.

68gt500 · #25 (**permalink**) 10-10-2003, 03:57 AM

@Sizzler

Thankx for including my post - and exposing it to a wider audience.

@George: We haven´t gotten any further yet.
I assume if a block is rough bored - then we know it has to be finish honed to size. No problem!
What really puzzled us, was that the walls are finish honed to a perfect crosshatch - but slightly undersized and with a 4 thou taper small at top, larger at bottom. We asked ourselves why Shelby would they do that ?? Is that a requirement for the aluminum block ?? That is wat got this thread started.

From all the feedback we have recieved we conclude, that we´ll just have to have that corrected and move on.



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