Re: Kanter Deluxe Kit for V8

Posted by Loyd Smith On 2008/7/20 11:21:28

"Yeah. ok. THE QUESTION IS WHAT is properly installed supposed to mean????"

Although I'd have liked to have been able to afford custom forged pistons for the Pat, I'm a long way from that financial condition. I do not remember where the information came from at the time my engine was rebuilt as do not believe that I discovered this forum until sometime after the rebuild.

We weighed the individual pistons and determined that they were within balancing tolerances (I do not recall the exact figures but engine did not require re-balancing) and allowed an extra .0035" clearance on the bore. Again, I do not know where the advice to do this came from. I had never been inside one of these engines before, hadn't had any experience with Egge pistons (or any other kind) since the mid-1960s. I do recall that I thought that the extra clearance made sense at the time because of the different expansion rates of the materials used in the originals and the Egge pistons, the machinist and mechanic agreed and I have had no problems with the engine. It used a little oil for about the first 500 to about 750 miles but that has ceased, the engine is quiet and, for the past 5000 miles, has given trouble-free service in daily use.