Is it simple that a regular joe and assemble it,or can any local machine shop do it for you?I was gonna have someone do it for me but my motor is sleeved already and all i need is to have it everything balanced,swap in the high comp pistons and bore/hone it to 84.5mm.Im not sure if it should be blue printed or not.Thanks.

 

well i don't think that many regular joes can balance their internal or hone their cylinder walls or do a complete blue printing. As for final assembly, it depends if you have all the right tool and the right knowledge. if you are going to do it yourself you'll need a very good and detailed manual of some sort and some experience. well that what i think.

 

well if you have your block.. and also if your pistons already have rods on them and rings... then its easy to install.. but i dont know bout the balancing and all

 

as far as assembly do it urself. i never touched a block b4 i did mine and **** results speak for themselves. have a machine shop hone it to proper specs and balance the bottom end. then u get the fun of assembly, its easy, takes a couple hrs and u get the accomplishment of doin it urself.

 

So what kind of specs do i tell the machine shop?Also do all machine shops balance and blueprint?

 

the machine shop should know about specs already. they need the pistons so they can final hone the cylinder to within specs (wall to piston). as far as balancing i gave my machinist everything. that means pistons, rings, rods, wrist pins, lock rings, flywheel, clutch, pulley.

 

Bump.

 

What kind of tools will i need and what do i have to replace as far as bearings,gaskets that sort of thing?

 

I was wondering this myself. I guess as long as you get the rods pressed onto the pins and all its just simple assembly. I'm trying to avoid $800-900 worth of labor.

 

Anyone?

 

replace all gaskets. Everything. You can get complete head and block gasket sets.

Tools: You need a good tourqe wrench. A set of feeler gauges. Ring expander and compressor. A few select metric taps and dies. A dial indicator wouldn't hurt, neither would a set of calipers or a micrometer. Most important, a shop manual. If you don't have the factory specs, it's not going to work properly.