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I told Larry the power stroke thrust side of the dside cylinder bank it to the inside of the vee with a clockwise rotation of the the engine, and on the outside of the vee on the pside. Correct? Thrust side will be opposite the side of the crank throw direction

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Frank, on the measurement you're referring to, is that for if I mill both head and deck surfaces possibly requiring the shim to bring timing back?

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You got it.... If it was a forced induction engine, I'd bore it first, then cut the deck to the piston deck clearance after they were temporarily installed for measurement - but a N/A engine isn't quite so demanding on assembly specs and if you know beforehand what the deck height is in relation to the piston top at TDC, you can assume replacement pistons will be close.... so you can have the deck cut at the same time the cylinders are bored. The method isn't quite as accurate, but will save some time.

To do it this way, you'll want to have the heads surfaced first, so you know what has been removed before you think about the decks.

If you want to be extremely accurate, don't worry about the piston clearance beforehand, but don't get the decks cut until later.

Frank

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