Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP!
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Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! I've been to isky's site and its pretty much NONINFORMATIVE about what to get to flycut.
Give me a checklist here. Do I need a donor valve too? I'm looking at 2.02 intake valves that most likely will be a candidate for PV clearance issues with my new "little" camshaft and milled 5.3 heads <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" />
so what all do I need to buy (minus the drill of course) <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
TIA
<small>[ May 29, 2002, 11:59 AM: Message edited by: Fireball ]</small>
Give me a checklist here. Do I need a donor valve too? I'm looking at 2.02 intake valves that most likely will be a candidate for PV clearance issues with my new "little" camshaft and milled 5.3 heads <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" />
so what all do I need to buy (minus the drill of course) <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
TIA
<small>[ May 29, 2002, 11:59 AM: Message edited by: Fireball ]</small>
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Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Fireball:
<strong>would angie be the person to talk about this?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Brian, give Geoff a call regarding this.
<strong>would angie be the person to talk about this?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Brian, give Geoff a call regarding this.
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Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! I'll prolly call tomorrow about this...thx <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! This may be a stupid questions but how do you clean out the engine after flycutting the piston with the heads installed on the car?
Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by NastyC5:
<strong>This may be a stupid questions but how do you clean out the engine after flycutting the piston with the heads installed on the car?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They have this thing called a shop vac and you use it to vacuum the metal shavings out of the cylinder <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
<strong>This may be a stupid questions but how do you clean out the engine after flycutting the piston with the heads installed on the car?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They have this thing called a shop vac and you use it to vacuum the metal shavings out of the cylinder <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! You can't you fly cut the pistons with the heads on the car. I remove the head and use a dummy head or for convenience a quarter of a scrap head for this type of work. I use sharpened valves for the cutting and an adjustable drill. Grease the piston around the ringlands and afterwards drop the piston down the bore and wipe away the grease and swarf. The spare valve come cutter needs to be really sharp otherwise it won't cut your piston properly. Try testing it on some scrap aluminium first. I recommend an oversize valve to be safe, followed by a chamfer on the pistons. Mike.
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Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Richie Carbone:
<strong>They have this thing called a shop vac and you use it to vacuum the metal shavings out of the cylinder <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There's no way a ShopVac will get all the shavings out, IMO. That's too risky for me to get little shavings to scratch up the cylinder wall <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />
<strong>They have this thing called a shop vac and you use it to vacuum the metal shavings out of the cylinder <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There's no way a ShopVac will get all the shavings out, IMO. That's too risky for me to get little shavings to scratch up the cylinder wall <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />
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Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">
They have this thing called a shop vac and you use it to vacuum the metal shavings out of the cylinder
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So thats why your #3 cylinder has a 20% leakdown? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
They have this thing called a shop vac and you use it to vacuum the metal shavings out of the cylinder
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So thats why your #3 cylinder has a 20% leakdown? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! Brian, we used this tool on my old motor with great luck. It is very easy to use.
Give Thunder a call. They have the complete setup from ISKY in stock ready to ship.
Give Thunder a call. They have the complete setup from ISKY in stock ready to ship.
Re: Isky tool for notching pistons...HELP! [/QUOTE]So thats why your #3 cylinder has a 20% leakdown? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> [/QB][/QUOTE]
The tester I borrowed was a little old and beat up so the results were probably way off or I was doing something wrong due to my blood pressure being 400 over 300. The compresson check was good though 210ps1 was the lowest and 220ps1 was the highest.
The car is going back to stock so I can sell it and get a C5. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
The tester I borrowed was a little old and beat up so the results were probably way off or I was doing something wrong due to my blood pressure being 400 over 300. The compresson check was good though 210ps1 was the lowest and 220ps1 was the highest.
The car is going back to stock so I can sell it and get a C5. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
