LS1 Hone
LS1 Hone I took my block to the shop about 20 mins ago to get it honed, my car will be strip/street and the shop owner told me he would hone for racing and torque so I can also use it on the street, what do you think about it? Should I hone for street only? thanks
there is no race hone vs street hone,the cylinders need to honed correctly for the rings that are being used-different grits of stones and crosshatch angles are used for different rings
FormerVendor
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From: Houston, Tx.
Yeah that's kinda weird? You can do some extra smooth finishing passes with higher grit over what you'd normally do but you don't want to kill your cross hatch depth too much or the hone jobe will not last that long. I am not sure what a racing and torque hone job really means either though especially the "torque" part?
The finish is only about 25% of a hone job being "Good" or "Bad" as it's 75% getting the cylinders truly round and straight and the right size that's most important and using the right gaskets and fasteners and tq. plates to do it right. If your bores are not round when the heads are bolted down as in not done with a Tq. plate etc. the finish won't help you that much anyway.
