[charlie66]

Originally Posted by Dragncar

Thanks Charlie for this. I have a BOP 1 piece and a block with billet caps so it has been align bored and honed. All caps are billet except for rear main.
I think it might be best for me to just run the BEST graphite rope seal and be done with it. Even if I do all the checking and trimming like you posted there will always be this "what if" I did not get it right and I have to pull the engine going on in my head.
I sold that cast Eagle crank and BHJ balancer to my brother and might as well throw in the BOP one piece. It will go in a stock block that has not been aligned honed.
One less thing to worry about.

No problem Troy.

I talked to Wade about this and im pretty sure he's going to change the directions of the procedure on this. If you think about it closely it makes alot of sense to measure the differences between the block side and cap. If there off by more then 0.010 and you sand the back of the seal evenly you wind up relieving more on the block side then needed. Even with the 2 piece , its says you can trim the ends to acomplish the fit. But Wade told me that he'd rather not and instead do it from the back / bottom of the seal like the 2 piece .. Usally you dont need much.. Mine was bad. My 2 piece flush on 1 side stuck out .055 on the other side of the cap and .033 on the block side ..