question about oil clearance on my rods

[SnowBird]

My crank was previously cut 10 under and I just got it polished. I am using Topline 10 under bearings. The widest part of the plastigage at the ends is exactly .0015 In. and the middle of it is a consistent .002 In. I am horrible with math and numbers, but it says limit is .0008 to .002. Again, this is for the Rods. So am I ok, or is this to close/far? Please help, thank you.

 

[eclipsegsxccca]

its fine.

 

[Karma]

The bigger the clearance, the less oil pressure you will have. Keep in mind, the more the engine wears, the greater the clearance gets. When you used the plastigauge did you torque the main's 100%?

 

[MyÜberFastGSX]

From the sounds of it, you should be fine. But that's dependent upon whether or not you torqued them to specs or not.

 

[pmanaresi]

The bigger the clearance, the less oil pressure you will have. Keep in mind, the more the engine wears, the greater the clearance gets. When you used the plastigauge did you torque the main's 100%?

uh hes talkin about rod oil clearance.... rod not main, you dont need to tourque the mains to do this

 

[SnowBird]

The bigger the clearance, the less oil pressure you will have. Keep in mind, the more the engine wears, the greater the clearance gets. When you used the plastigauge did you torque the main's 100%?

My rods not mains. Hopefully the BS elimination will still force me to drop my pressure by porting, so Im not worried. And I was wondering if I had that much clearance if they wouldnt wear as bad, I see some companies sell bearings .001 bigger for more oil clearance. Am I at the limit that bad? And yes, I torqued my nuts to 37 lbs (6 bolt).

 

[Karma]

Too much oil clearance in the rod bearing will still drop your oil pressure. And as long as your took your measurements with no oil on the bearing, and torqued the rod caps on, your numbers are good

 

[SnowBird]

Ok. Thanks to all of you for getting on this thread for me. I did everything over again. Everything was perfectly clean and dry, I cut all the strips exactly the same size. I torqued everything down to 30lbs and then to 36 lbs. All the strips were exactly .0015 the whole strip. I can rest assured now with my first build that the bottom end is straight (though I have a long way to go.) Thanks again.