RING SQUARING When gapping piston rings, an easy and often used way to square them in the bore is to invert a flattop piston and use it to push the rings down to the desired depth. Another good way on large bore engines is to use a tapered ring compressor of the...
SNUG HAS A NUMBER When using the stretch method on rod bolts that ARP and many other manufacturers use, they want you to snug the bolt before applying load to the fastener. I found a way that myself and any of my employees can duplicate “snug.” I first measure all the...
BALANCE HOLE PLUGS Balancing a crankshaft by drilling large holes in counterweights can leave an appearance of the counterweight that is not pretty. To improve the appearance, we keep a supply of disc style freeze plugs in the diameters of our balancing drills so we...
LIFTER BORE CHAMFER TOOL After enlarging lifter bores I was searching for an easy way to remove the sharp edge and put a small chamfer on the top and bottom of the bore. I machined up 2 pieces of 1" aluminum to accept my Sioux valve grinding stones. I made a short one...
CC TEST A quick and easy method to get CC volume on piston valve reliefs, valve head dishes or anything else is to fill the area with clay. Drop the clay in a buret with a measured volume of fluid and see how much the fluid level goes up. I like to use windshield...
SHOP OVEN EXTENSION If you are using an old household oven for heating parts, you most likely have found it small for some jobs. I made a sheet metal enclosure that sits on the open oven door to expand its size. The enclosure is insulated with some sheet insulation...