Rebuilding my Type R

Aussie

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Just get some telescoping gages like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Mitutoyo-155-905-150mm-Piece-Telescoping/dp/B001OBX2GS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434833481&sr=8-1&keywords=telescoping+internal+gages

And buy a mic set that'll give you 1-3 inch range like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Mitutoyo-103-931-Micrometer-Standards-Graduation/dp/B002SG7PSY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1434833547&sr=8-5&keywords=mitutoyo+micrometer

I'm sure you can find some cheap ones made in China at Harbor Freight or Northern for a lot less; I pulled Mitutoyo cause that's what I use. Then you can measure and order the correct bearings for both your rod and crank journals the first time around.
 
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CKnight90

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Weren't all those measurements all that's needed? Besides the piston to wall clearance?

This telescope good enough?

http://m.harborfreight.com/6-piece-telescoping-gauge-set-5649.html

Which micrometer should be good enough?

http://m.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=Micrometer

Any other tools suggested?

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I found a local guy who has some that he doesn't need. He says they are acl. Googling the part & find really cheap acl bearings on eBay or Amazon that March the part #'s. Are they fake or knock offs?


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I don't mind buying the bearings from a local guy. It helps me at all. He purchase them off eBay from this link.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/201163514708?nav=SEARCH
 
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I just don't buy those measurements. Having worked as a machinist I can tell you it's tough to get a group of parts all measuring the same within a thousandth, and it's really hard to get them all within ten-thousandths. Most engine builders I've seen don't even have equipment that precise because there's no need to. So I would have zero trust in those measurements.

Those pitsburg telescopes and 3 piece mic set would work fine for this. You need the 1-2 and 2-3 mics.
 


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CKnight90

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Alright. Don't go by those measurements. Measure them myself up to the tenth-thousands with the tools I posted. Looks like on the harbor freight site I'll have to get the mics calibrated from what the reviews say. Yay! :D . As for the bearings. Do not buy them? even if its going to help me clearance Oil?

Thanks for all the info so far! All these pages from everyone has helped a lot to steer me in the right direction. I'm enjoying all this!


Btw..those measurements were done by a local builder. He built a sleeved boosted b18c block. He took his time measuring everything. I was at his house for little over an hour.
 
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Aussie

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CKnight90 said:
Btw..those measurements were done by a local builder. He built a sleeved boosted b18c block. He took his time measuring everything. I was at his house for little over an hour.
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Then if you believe those measurements are correct just use them to get the right bearings; you have all the info you need.
 

Nick_C78

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Aussie said:
Then if you believe those measurements are correct just use them to get the right bearings; you have all the info you need.
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Nah man, he doesn't just want you to hold his hand. He wants you to stroke it softly and whisper in his ear while you do it.
 


CKnight90

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Samurai_Blue said:
Or...just take it to a shop to be rebuilt and assembled.
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When taken to a shop do they ask what oil clearance is prefered? I guess I'm not sure what to go with either. Any other questions to ask? The shop I want to go to is closed on Mondays & Sundays. I'm debating on having them do it or just the bearing & measuring.
 
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