i bought a cat crank stock stroke, bhj balancer internal balance, k1 rods, diamond pistons, and an rjc girdle...ok now its a fortune at the machine shop...so far 4 hours for the girdle 405 dollars...
now there is problems...apparently the woodruff key doesnt work/fit with that crank so they are going to try and modify a ford one or machine one or whatever equals more shop time...so far 400 for the rotating assembly...
i also bought a jw flexplate internal balance...but again apparently the cat crank has some fitment problem with the flexplate and the flexplate needs to be chamfered to fit???...so they have to find a lathe big enough to machine it or i or them will have to die grind and chamfer the flexplate again equals more shop time...looks like after the cylinder bore , deck parallel, line bore , line hone...im looking at around 1500 and im guessing there as well...sounds like a lot to me and sounds like a lot of fitment problems with these parts...
one more thing i bought head studs but they are going to use the bolts to torque down at the machine shop what is the torque spec 75 ft lbs for bolts or ?...then when i get the block back im going to put in studs anyway so what is the torque spec for studs? is there a difference or ?...thanks for help...noah.
now there is problems...apparently the woodruff key doesnt work/fit with that crank so they are going to try and modify a ford one or machine one or whatever equals more shop time...so far 400 for the rotating assembly...
i also bought a jw flexplate internal balance...but again apparently the cat crank has some fitment problem with the flexplate and the flexplate needs to be chamfered to fit???...so they have to find a lathe big enough to machine it or i or them will have to die grind and chamfer the flexplate again equals more shop time...looks like after the cylinder bore , deck parallel, line bore , line hone...im looking at around 1500 and im guessing there as well...sounds like a lot to me and sounds like a lot of fitment problems with these parts...
one more thing i bought head studs but they are going to use the bolts to torque down at the machine shop what is the torque spec 75 ft lbs for bolts or ?...then when i get the block back im going to put in studs anyway so what is the torque spec for studs? is there a difference or ?...thanks for help...noah.