How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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How worn of a 440 can you rering and not have really low cranking compression? Whats an acceptable limit (on the thrust sides of the bore) to be worn? 4 thousanths? What have you guys accomplished sucessfully. Im reringing one right now and I dont know if I feel comfortable with the ridge that was built up at the top of the bore. This is my first re-ring though, so maybe im just being paranoid.
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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What is considered a bad ridge,how do you tell exactly? A ridge period,or a large or small one?
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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What is considered a bad ridge,how do you tell exactly? A ridge period,or a large or small one?
Any ridge can be bad , if something in the ring travel changes and the rings wants to go further up the bore the rings will slam the ridge and more than likely break . The ridge can be removed , but you have to do it right . I had a block that someone took the ridge off of with a ridge reamer , std bore block , had to be taken to .040. One cylinder needed a sleeve because the nitwit running the ridge reamer egg shaped the top of the bore, that cylinder took .075 to get a round hole ...
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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03/19/09 03:14 PM
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Would'nt the pistons need removed to get rid of the ridge?I've never done it before. Sorry to hi-jack the post,in the same boat kinda.
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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Would'nt the pistons need removed to get rid of the ridge?I've never done it before. Sorry to hi-jack the post,in the same boat kinda.
not necessarily , it just needs to be clear of the reamer . Yes it has to be removed , but as said if you have a big ridge then you need to look at other things like bore taper , cylinder roundness ... The ring needs to seal for 100% of its travel , not just at the top.
I'll bet at least one of out shadetrees has removed the ridge on a block they never disassembled
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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Matt, How bad is the ridge? I have a reamer you can borrow if you want to... But you want to be very careful to only remove the ridge without hitting the ring sealing area. The issue is the sharp corner of the new ring impacting the rounded edge of the step and getting damaged.
Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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I've already knocked the ridge out with a buddy who has done a few engines in his day, so the ridge is gone. Every cylinder wasnt the same, the largest reading I found was about 10 thousanths real close to where the ridge was, and it became about 7 thousanths with little movement and about 5 at the bottom of the bore. Most of them were between about 4-6 thousanths throughout the bore, as I said the largest was 10, one was 9, and the next largest was 7. Dave, like I said I wasn't planning to tear it down originally but I took the intake off and found it was a bit sludgey and figured head gaskets come in the kit, may as well pop the heads off. Good thing I did because IT DIDNT HAVE HEAD GASKETS! I dont know why, I assume someone took it apart and put it back together without the gaskets not planning to run it? Anyway, someones been in it before, and they messed up big time. It looks like the rings were replaced before because they didnt look too worn, and the same person replaced the rod bearings with .010 undersized units. Maltese cross with an X, .010 undersized rod bearings right? WRONG, the main bearings were supposed to be undersized. Heads werent pretty either, one valve was burned clear through to the seat. It has one bad cam bearing too (its MISSING PART OF THE BEARING HAHA). The crank looks good though and I cleaned the pistons and rods up and they're in nice shape too. I was very surprised because they didnt seem to sit far below deck at all. So im picking up a re-ring and bearing kit (comes with a gasket kit) from Mancini. My buddy Pete had a set of 516s lying around, I told him mine were bad I dont want to shell out for machine work how do his look. Looks like they have fresh exhaust valves and seats, if not theyre in GREAT SHAPE. Hes selling me those, the 67 intake I need, and a set of good HP valve springs (should work well for the 272/272 cam I want to run) for 100 bucks Can someone explain to me the entire idea behind knurling the skirts and how it works? Also, my factory service manual indicated an allowance of 2 thousanths (4.32-4.322 inch bore) so I guess I can subtract 2 thousanths from any of my measurements. What have you guys found on engines you've rerung and how did it turn out? Im just worried im going to put this together and have it run like a low compression turd with 100 psi of cranking compression. My last 440 was VERY tight and I think I may have been spoiled with it, I want this one to run the same but not so confident it will.
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Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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I've already knocked the ridge out with a buddy who has done a few engines in his day, so the ridge is gone. Every cylinder wasnt the same, the largest reading I found was about 10 thousanths real close to where the ridge was, and it became about 7 thousanths with little movement and about 5 at the bottom of the bore.
Most of them were between about 4-6 thousanths throughout the bore, as I said the largest was 10, one was 9, and the next largest was 7.
Dave, like I said I wasn't planning to tear it down originally but I took the intake off and found it was a bit sludgey and figured head gaskets come in the kit, may as well pop the heads off. Good thing I did because IT DIDNT HAVE HEAD GASKETS! I dont know why, I assume someone took it apart and put it back together without the gaskets not planning to run it? Anyway, someones been in it before, and they messed up big time. It looks like the rings were replaced before because they didnt look too worn, and the same person replaced the rod bearings with .010 undersized units. Maltese cross with an X, .010 undersized rod bearings right? WRONG, the main bearings were supposed to be undersized. Heads werent pretty either, one valve was burned clear through to the seat. It has one bad cam bearing too (its MISSING PART OF THE BEARING HAHA). The crank looks good though and I cleaned the pistons and rods up and they're in nice shape too. I was very surprised because they didnt seem to sit far below deck at all.
So im picking up a re-ring and bearing kit (comes with a gasket kit) from Mancini. My buddy Pete had a set of 516s lying around, I told him mine were bad I dont want to shell out for machine work how do his look. Looks like they have fresh exhaust valves and seats, if not theyre in GREAT SHAPE. Hes selling me those, the 67 intake I need, and a set of good HP valve springs (should work well for the 272/272 cam I want to run) for 100 bucks
Can someone explain to me the entire idea behind knurling the skirts and how it works?
Also, my factory service manual indicated an allowance of 2 thousanths (4.32-4.322 inch bore) so I guess I can subtract 2 thousanths from any of my measurements.
What have you guys found on engines you've rerung and how did it turn out? Im just worried im going to put this together and have it run like a low compression turd with 100 psi of cranking compression. My last 440 was VERY tight and I think I may have been spoiled with it, I want this one to run the same but not so confident it will.
Gee and I remember a thread where a bunch of members told you to just run it as is ... ...
Knurling the pistons will work very nicely with the rest of the half bleep job you got going on there .
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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Can someone explain to me the entire idea behind knurling the skirts and how it works?
Its a thing where you use a knurl tool to raise material on the surface of the piston skirt to reduce clearance/slap. A knurl looks like the criss cross finish you see onthe handle of cheap tools, like made in china ratchets.
It's a technique developed to reuse old parts when new ones are scarce, or too expensive.
Not worth the time on a re ring in a hobby car A piston that needs a knurl likely needs ring land spacers, etc.., so in reality it needs pistons
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What have you guys found on engines you've rerung and how did it turn out? Im just worried im going to put this together and have it run like a low compression turd with 100 psi of cranking compression. My last 440 was VERY tight and I think I may have been spoiled with it, I want this one to run the same but not so confident it will.
My last rering has been a little iffy, but the two before that were great. Good compression, good power, no oil consumption.
It's a low dollar crap shoot. Odds are in your favor if you do it right. The finish on hone will make or break the job.
Back in the day it was a very common thing to do.
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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My brother re-ringed his late 440 and it runs great in his Coronet. I just did mine, but I have yet to start it. His engine was fantastic inside, as new looking as a used engine could look. Mine, not so much. The thing I had going for mine was the fact that I had this engine running in a car before and know it wasn't junk. I am figuring it will run at least as good as it used to , hopeing anyway Travis..
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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Another item to consider is the ring groove clearance in the piston. No matter how good the bores are .. if the ring flutters in the piston .. it will lose ring-seal big-time.
What do you mean by flutter in the piston? Move freely up and down? (meaning towards TDC and BDC)
Ring flutter? ...where the ring is not being held firmly square on the cyl wall.
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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Knurling is mechanically expanding the piston skirt using amachine to emboss a a pattern on the piston skirt that in effect raises a portion of the skirt with tiny crosshatch ridges somewhat like the handle of some tools. even on a low buck job like this it is wise to have the crankshaft checked and at least polished and new bearings put in at least on the rods.
Clean it, if it's Dirty. Oil it, if it Squeaks.
But: Don't fix it, if it Works!
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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I wouldn't do it. Proper cylinder walls should be round and straight. No way to get that without machining. If you are going to all the trouble to pull it apart, why not go ahead and do it right? Having said that, if you do decide to give it a shot, make sure that you use cast rings. They are more forgiving and will conform somewhat to out of round cylinder walls. Maybe you could pick up another engine and build it at your leisure, then swap it out when you are ready? Either way good luck.
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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I wouldn't do it. Proper cylinder walls should be round and straight. No way to get that without machining. If you are going to all the trouble to pull it apart, why not go ahead and do it right? Having said that, if you do decide to give it a shot, make sure that you use cast rings. They are more forgiving and will conform somewhat to out of round cylinder walls. Maybe you could pick up another engine and build it at your leisure, then swap it out when you are ready? Either way good luck.
Thats kind of the idea, I want this engine to run well for maybe two years while I take care of the little bit of rust, the dent, the interior, and paint it.
Then I can splurge and go all out
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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I wouldn't do it. Proper cylinder walls should be round and straight. No way to get that without machining. If you are going to all the trouble to pull it apart, why not go ahead and do it right? Having said that, if you do decide to give it a shot, make sure that you use cast rings. They are more forgiving and will conform somewhat to out of round cylinder walls. Maybe you could pick up another engine and build it at your leisure, then swap it out when you are ready? Either way good luck.
Thank You for bringing this up so I don't have to! It's amazing the number of replies to this before being mentioned. DUDE - You have to ask seriously yourself, What are your diameters in both "out of round" and "taper" measurements on each cylinder? There are tolerances for these and they must be complient with the book in order for this to last. You say someones been in there and mucked things up, well, do it right and go through it completely. You'll be bucks ahead in the long run, otherwise give your money to me. I'll spend it more wisely than you the way your going with this!
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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The reason people havent all been telling me to bore it out and buy new pistons and turn it into a 4000 dollar venture is because thats not what im trying to do or asking about. Im trying to put this engine in my drive quality Satellite while I focus on the important things, fixing the little bit of rust, the dent it has, and painting it as well as buying basically a complete interior. The interior in it is decent driver quality and the car is a driver and will always be but everything has a flaw that needs it to be replaced to be perfect. This engine needs to last two years at the most, about 20000 miles. I could care less if it will only last 20000 miles, im worried more about it running decent during that span. By run decent I dont mean maintenance free. I dont care if it uses some oil or smokes, Im worried only about cranking compression. I know bores have to be true for best performance and a fresh should be true, but you're kidding yourself if you think that an engine cant run if its not. It was running before the way it was, just not optimal. I just want it to run closer to optimal than a 100000-150000 mile engine would. Im going to spend 100 on a cam and lifter kit, 230 for a ring,bearing, and gasket kit, and 100 for a set of good heads. Figure im spending 500 bucks with spray paint, which is worth it to me for 2 years to have it make 300-350 horsepower, 450 ft lbs of torque, and get out of its own way instead of the overcammed pig of a 273 thats in it now thats lucky if it can crank out anywhere near the factory rated 180 horse. Also, im setting it up for the future by converting everything over for the 727 so when the time is right, I only have to pay for the engine machining and new parts (I will probably just stroke it). Its been done before, it will be done again. Im just trying to get a feel for how well this re-ring will work. I've given out the "Do it once do it right advice" before, I will again. But its alot easier when its not your car, your engine, and your money and goals, but right now its not what I want to/can do.
Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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Re: How Worn of a 440 can you Sucessfully Rering
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Mine had a pretty good ridge, but I forged ahead and put it together. It ran before, it will run again. I am surprised mine didn't smoke like a freight train before, every pair of oil rings had the gaps lined up Great 1970 QC there, it was a factory engine, never cracked. I did a 318 in '90 for my Barracuda that was UGLY (I'm talkin' a couple pitted cyls ugly) and it ran really good. Slap it together and run it. Travis..
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