MidLifeCriTSIs
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- Mar 22, 2021
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Salina,
Kansas
SO i was cleaning one of my blocks getting ready to take it into the shop to get checked today. I noticed the Cap Girdle is not flush with each bearing. Its a 98 7 bolt block.
If you are looking at the bottom of the block on an engine stand, the OUTSIDE edge of the first bearing is flush, but all the rest are slightly offest including the one on the back of the block.
I checked my other 98 block and it does not seem to be this way. Is this something i should be worried about? I have a set of ARP main studs and plan on getting it line honed/bored if needed. I tried tapping it slightly one way or the other and no matter where it sits its not flush somewhere.
If you are looking at the bottom of the block on an engine stand, the OUTSIDE edge of the first bearing is flush, but all the rest are slightly offest including the one on the back of the block.
I checked my other 98 block and it does not seem to be this way. Is this something i should be worried about? I have a set of ARP main studs and plan on getting it line honed/bored if needed. I tried tapping it slightly one way or the other and no matter where it sits its not flush somewhere.