QUOTE(Dr Evil @ Aug 8 2006, 10:42 AM) 
QUOTE(type11969 @ Aug 8 2006, 02:25 PM)
See, its that "think everything will be fine" that always worries me. And for only a few more hours of work, is it worth the doubt? Thats the way I think. I certainly understand the hesitation though, it does add some complexity and cost, and in this case, with a recent rebuild I suppose it may be overkill.
Checking sideplay with the piston on . . . never thought of that. But I was always removing the pistons anyway.
-Chris
Chris, just to clarify my position, I totally get what you are saying and do not feel that you are out of line at all. I was just trying to offer a second opinion for consideration and my hope was that it not at all detract form your experienced oppinion .
Pete, now I remember. At least you know what the insides looked like. With the 1.7 injectors, are they flowing enough fuel? Could it cause a lean running condition?
Experienced . . . no, I just slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
I've torn down and rebuilt a few t1 and t4s, not a great deal of experience. I do have much more faith in a rebuild that someone did themselves than having it done by a no name shop though, so I would say that there is a good chance that the internals of this engine are in good shape. Pete, I didn't realize before that you rebuilt it yourself. You know how you assembled it, if you measured everything up, the bottom end should probably still be good. And, if you have notes from the build on what the clearances were, we can measure and check vs. the old ones to see how much wear has accumulated. If the stuff we can easily see (endplay, sideplay) is within spec, I don't see a reason to split the bottom end unless it is leaking from the split line.Oh yeah, I have some injectors from a stock 5.slow. I was going to use them in a MS install on a 1.8 in my teener, but that isn't going to be for a while. I don't know if they will be compatible with the stock FI, but they do fit nicely in the runners. I did have them idling on my warmed over 1.8 with MS on the bench. Anyway, if you need some injectors that flow some more fuel, you are welcome to try these out. I may even have four extra (got 8 off ebay but probably lost one by now).
-Chris
...too funny...needed that.
). I may have some genuine 2L injectors, will check my FI stash this w'end.
). Also, the guys @ Movietime are top notch. "We'll just move the engine around w/the fork life...".
