Green Bastard Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I have a 350 I'm getting ready to do a mild build on, my question is, it came out of a tow truck and its still standard bore (the only reason it was pulled was a bent valve or so he told me) anyways it has a bit of a ridge at the top of the cylinders, could I get away with useing a ridge reamer and put standard pistons in or should I just have it machined? I plan on honeing it at the very least, but if I don't have to have it machined I don't want to spend the extra money. also by mild build I plan on making 350hp - 400hp without spray or boost, plan on a 5500-6000rpm redline too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 you should measure the bore and see if it will need machine work or not. don't go off of ridges at the top of the cylinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 That's correct. Every 350 I've built, at some point had ridges. Put a gauge on it and see if its in spec. Make sure you can run down the cylinder with the gauge though. You'd be amazed at what the slightest piston slap will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 any idea what specs i should stay in? also where can i find a gauge where i can measure that, i dont have the proper tool to measure it, so would i be able to rent the part from an auto parts store, i just wanna make sure i do it right, even though it is a budget build, i dont want to have to spend more to rebuild it later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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