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It's a long process from start to finish. Here's how it looked when we received it.



Inside were several things I'd never found OEM in a Packard V8



Disassembling and cleaning is the most labor-intensive part of the process. After pressure washing, shot blasting, boring, honing with a deck plate, decking the block and align honing the main bores, here's how it looks today.



And the JE .030" over custom forged pistons



jack vines

Jack, curious - what clearance does JE advise to use for these pistons? Or in the absence of their recommendation, what clearance are you planning on using?

Which heads - 55 or 56?
Custom cam grind?
Intake & carb?

Craig

The non OEM part you found was installed in the wrong engine. It was meant to go to my friend Mark's engine where more appropriate accommodations had been prepared.

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When you are done, what will it all cost?

It's a '56 from a Golden Hawk, so stock heads with new valves, guides, springs, hard exhaust seats and positive valve seals.

A mild performance regrind cam, new lifters and OEM 4-bbl intake.

JE says .003" for street, .004" for hard use, .005" for race. We're putting these in at .0035", exactly.

When complete, it will be about $4,000.

jack vines