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Also make sure the clearancing of the double chain is checked. They can touch the back of the oil pump(in my case) and the timing cover and cam shaft sensor boss(if applicable). All assemblies can be different but clearancing is a must. Oh and my bores had taper up to .0015 with torque plates fitted. The bottom of the block where the sump mates had been ground with something very rough and had to be ground flat again. What a bloody mess it was.
I know that Hymey had problems with AES sitting on his money and not sending parts in a timely manner. About 6 months from memory. We were comparing notes at one stage. He did get it all in the end after a lot of yelling.
yeah, i got new pistons from them, at cost, so ended up being around $900 for the diamond pistons and rings landed. only took a few weeks though so that was good. but then when ihad the engine machined i was lucky that the bores were tight, or else it would have been a great waste of time getting those slugs.everything else looks to be machined well. and i have since heard a few stories about things taking a long time, and not being quite right. i searched the net quite a bit and couldnt find anything bad about them, seems they just are quite good at getting rid of bad reviews. anyway, the bill for remachining and reassembly with all new bearings, gaskets etc is going to be around $3k. so what was a reasonably cheap short block package has ended up costing more than if i built it in australia. live and learn :(
also IJ , i dont know what the piston to bore clearance was, but the bores being .002 of an inch tight in the middle negates the clearance anyway. the boys did measure it at the shop, before it was cleaned and had the accessories put on, and after it started making noises, but by then i had the shits and didnt care.
i am using my old timing cover which was already clearnced, and we already checked the oil pump for clearance too.
I don't recall AES machining the lifter bores ? Clean them yes.Quote:
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You could never show any evidence of this.Quote:
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I've never sold a used set of connecting rods. I recall this was a Callies rod, one of the bolt heads was bad.Quote:
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You were being un reasonable and couldn't come to the discussion with anything factual evidence wise that could be displayed, other than what you thought. You were told don't bring it up again unless you have evidence, but you did anyway and got slapped with the ban stick.Quote:
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AES is far behind me, I did what I can for everyone including AES, I never screwed anyone, I never sent parts I wouldn't use in my own engine, even paid for customer parts out of my own pocket, Nick Cousinery sent me a block, I had it picked up, UPS lost it, then denied the insurance claim, I paid for his C5R block out of pocket and got nothing but an FU. I've moved on and so should you.
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its a sad state of affairs. but yeah, live and learn. i have moved on with my build, and i wish all you guys the best with yours.
moving on....should have my motor back next week. yay for me :)
Thinking back on this, being this goes back to 2009. You purchased a rotating assembly, in order to balance the crankshaft properly, I had to obtain a bobweight, which I removed a rod from the packaging to weigh the big/small ends, to verify the weight on the box is correct. Upon you receiving the parts it was 3 phone calls to explain why one of the rod packages were slit open, the same question asked three different ways. After a sufficient explanation I believed we had closed the loop on that. Instead of understanding why you would double check the connecting rod then finding a rod cap bolt buggered up you came to the assumption "these are second hand". Which you never told me at the time, you may have asked me, but you had 7 rods still in sealed plastic, what would give you the indication they're second hand? The rods are assembled at a factory, whats the chances of a rod bolt getting rounded off at the factory, slim to none, i've only seen it done once, that was yours, I was advised by someone "he probably f*cked it up with wrong socket and trying to blame it on you" . I never assumed to blame you for it, I just called callies, they told me this never happens, ok well send me a bag of bolts. So I sent you rod bolts, end of story. You want to dig up something from 6 years ago that I made right on, better get a keyboard upgrade, cause you're gonna be doing alot of typing.Quote:
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I dealt with Fraser when he was at AES and I couldn't have got better service from him. I ordered a custom cam, lifters, dual valve springs and head gaskets and received everything in less than a week. Thanks again Fraser :)
SS is almost ready to go, after a heap of setbacks.
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cowl on. looks good i reckon. just needs paint.
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Should be tuned within a week or so. Run in tune at about 9psi. The last bit of wiring gets sorted on friday for the neutral safety switch. When it gets home i will finish off the gauges and have decided to just matte black vinyl wrap the bonnet and cowl for now, which knowing me will be semi permanent, because I will put it off paint until I can afford a closed door respray. Everything has taken way longer than I wanted, but that is pretty typical.
Should turn a tyre on wet grass [emoji108]
yeah. I hope so.