By pretty similar, you mean the compression in Euro/Us-spec is somewhat 8.12:1 right?Barry wrote:Aaah,A revived topic..nice.
On a S.A. spec motor,small chamber volumes,low dome pistons,the cr works out to 8.12:1 .
Do remember that Euro and us spec engines had large volume chambers and high dome pistons compared to the S.A. spec.
So do the math here..It should be pretty similar though.
The bush used for the small end offset is made from bar stock.Its not something off the shelf..
If you have a competent machine shop the guys will know how to sort this out for you..
Just looking at a post above regarding 30l crank and 2.5 pistons..The pistons will protrude above the sleeve by 1.85 mm in this combo...
Yeah I get it that it's made from a bar, but what metal/alloy is the bar made of? Could manufacture the bushings I guess.
I got the 3.0L block and heads, but look into using the 2.5 crank and rods with 3.0 liners and pistons since the 3.0 crank has some suspected bearing failure.
The answer to not fixing the 3.0 crank is the money, I'm studying and I could just aswell get a entire 164-3.0 from a junkyard for the same price as the work on the crank work would cost me.
Haven't measured the valve clearance or compression yet either, so I'm more of searching for alternatives than spending Swedish kronor