Old 05-02-2007, 11:10 AM
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fastbowtie
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Well guys I haven't posted the breakdown sheet and it looks like I won't be able to. The reason being is that Southern Style Racing Engines will not provide me with one due to possiblity of litigation due to the condeming nature of the findings.
I do see his point however it is A letdown for me. But here are some things that were found:
1 The Crankshaft was too light on the front throw Mallory was add to it to correctly ballence it .
2 All 8 connecting rods were not torqued only hand tight .
3 The Camshaft lockplate & thrust button were not installed correctly
4 Some if not most of the ring gaps were in excess of 0.020 thousandths.
5 Piston to pin clearances were only half a thousandths.
6 Rod to pin clearances were also half a thousandths .
They appear to have been removed from the boxes and assembled but never checked or properly Clearanced .

Yes this was A fairly inexpensive Shortblock when purchased 5 grand but there is No excuse for the shoddy workmanship even if it was a mass produced with the exception of the Pistons & camshaft that I requested it should have been built with a little more care .

As I said before in order to keep the cost down DynoFlo has to cut corners somewhere. Well we found out where the hardway.
ANYWAY It Still doesnt give Scot Slotten the rite to cut down people on this site or Me for that matter .
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