bearings have arrived and the crankshaft fitted:
the dummy head is on:
some plastigage and yep, bearings fit up just the way we want them to:
remeasuring everything:
checking the journals:
the cylinder hone:
didn't someone mention that the type of hone in a sense dictates the best way to break in the engine? The hone angle here looks shallow, I had thought it'd be 45 degrees but I don't know squat about how to hone a cylinder.
no more work on the car as my engine builder is prepping a pair of Lexus IS200s that run in the KGTC, they usually dominate but I found this video where a turbocharged Hyundai manages a pass on the front straight of Yongin Speedway - the main racetrack in Korea.
korean KGTC indigo tuscani overtake kixx lexus - Video
after this weekend's race though, my car should be finished within a week, yay!
