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Date:         Sun, 14 May 1995 23:48:57 -0700 (PDT)
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From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@superc.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: Add-on Oil Coolers

Christopher Bridge writes:
> 
> Well, there are a multitude of things: 1) what is the CR? 


Not sure, but it is low.  The pistons I bought were dished.


> 							    2) even new parts 
> are sometimes are not going to work right.  I got 4 rebuilt rods for my last 
> rebuild, and not a one was even close to straight.  I think that bend rods 
> are a real bad thing to have.  


I'm confident that my rods are okay, cause my friend at the machine shop
spent a lot of time making sure they weighed exactly the same, and were
straight.  Not sure about all of the other parts, though.


Thanks for the comments...


-David


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David Schwarze                     '73 VW Safare Custom Camper  (Da Boat)
SAIC Comsystems, San Diego Calif.  '73 Capri GT 2800            (Da Beast)
e-mail:  schwarze@nosc.mil         '87 Mustang Lx 5.0           (Da Sleeper)
http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze   '93 Weber WG-50              (Da Piano)
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