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| Are you looking to buy caps? |
| By Dave Shoe - 01/22/2004 1:02:10 PM; IP 12.2.11.190 |
If you already have caps, it makes the process a little cheaper and easier. Make sure they're a snug fit in the block registers, otherwie you've likely got a worn out set of caps. Loose-fitting caps are problematic, just as loose fitting dampers tend to work the damper bolt loose.
You can install factory caps with custom skirt spacers, but there will be a number of bucks stuffed into the fitting, the align bore, and align hone.
The align bore takes a bit more material off the parting line of the caps, in order to assure all the bores are concentric when replacing caps. An align hone precisely finishes the process and is recommended for performance use. Selection of a proper-fitting timing chain with the repositioned main bores can be a little extra work.
If you only seek to refresh the bottom end, keeping the original caps, an align hone is all that's needed, and much less material is removed from the maincaps, making timing chain fitting easier.
Aftermarket steel crossbolt caps are available from Pro-Gram Engineering in Minnesota. These run maybe $300.00-or-so a set and do not require spacers, since they're designed for non-crossbolted blocks.
It'll likely cost from $500.00 to $800.00 for a crossbolt conversion, but this does stiffen up the bottom end for high-RPM and supercharged service.
Shoe. |
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