Quote: back in the day 1993 ish I was building a new motor and my machinist was going to use a torque plate. he showed me the cylinder bores perfectly round and hone ran smooth. Then he bolted the torque plate on to simulate the head being torqued and re measured and dam it distorted the cylinders a lot (pushed into the bore at each bolt hole!) then he ran the hone and it was rough he said you have to take the high spots down.
I wonder how much less studs distort the bores?
All the ones i've done pull the cylinder in at the bolt holes..it usually takes .002-.003 to take the distortion out
