[Verdoro 68]

Originally Posted by TedRamAirII

What's the SNAFU on the Duplicolor DE1616 paint? have you tried it again?

My memory was wrong, I snagged a box of 6 for $40 a while back. Haven't seen that deal since.

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...45#post6180145

Figured I'd fit up the pistons and rods before circling back on the ring gap. The trick to the spirolox is to pull them apart, and push the spiral up and towards top of the piston when you put them in. Took me a little bit to figure that out. I also put my first two pistons on upside down (reversed 1 and 2), so I got good at removing them too. The rod vise was a pretty handy tool for this work.

Someone asked if this was zero decked earlier in the thread. I never gave Butler any measurements, so I was curious myself. I put a piston and rod in for mockup to see where things were at. Looks to be a smidge below the deck, but not substantial. My dial indicator setup was kind of finicky in this config, so I couldn't get a measurement I trusted.





Thought it also might be interesting to compare the old rod/piston assembly to the new one. I don't really know what I'm looking for, but they're pretty different. Way less material on the new pistons.