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Old 04-06-2010 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcus Falconie
Can I ask a question, how do you microlap a piston to the exact tolerance you need??? I have friend that is a Intel engineer and he said he has 2 million dollar machines that would have trouble.
Maybe microlap is wrong term then ?

And I would think machining to this tolerance would be very difficult and likely would have to be done in a temperature controlled environment.....I am not "machining" to goal size, but rather to desired fitment of piston to the sleeve.... in measurement I am removing about .0003" from an average piston give or take depending on brand... I will not get into the technique or tools that I use exactly, but it does work well, especially on engines that don't have very good fitment from factory.....
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