<VV> Piston clearance

[corvairs]

Chris & Bill Strickland wrote:

>
> Lon, how much variation do you get between the compressed and 
> uncompressed cylinders?

It depends entirely on the particular cylinders. There are a number of 
variables, so it's not a constant number. Some barrels there's very 
little difference.

> Are your barrels distributed with information concerning this? 

If you mean specific tolerance changes per each individual barrel, not 
really because that would add another component to the labor involved 
and would probably be counter-productive so far as confusing some 
customers. These cylinders are NOT money makers for us - at the quality 
we are providing they should sell for twice as much - but then too many 
customers would not see the extra value and buy someone's cheaper ones. 
A lost sales opportunity is a lost sale - period. Not a good situaution 
for any of us really.

> Will/Do you custom hone these new barrels to fit customer supplied 
> pistons?

Always. And we will hone to the customer's requested clearances - even 
if we don';t agree with them!   Lon

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