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that is interesting.

Don, doc, thanks, i'll get back into the bottom end. Everything was std size, but i did neglect plastigauging any of the new bearings. I'll loosen the caps up on 5 and 6 and see if it makes a difference, if it does i'll go get some plastigauge and see what i can do. thanks again.

Mom was right..... i should have been a Vet.

i dont think i ever saw the oil pressure gauge move when i was cranking it.

its a 12 volt setup

all the pistons are right, used lots of assembley lube, the valves are perfect(spend most of my days doing valve adjustments on Cats), but the bearings i just dropped in, didnt figure i needed to gauge them, i was thinking about it when i put them in and the turning resistance on the crank didnt really change at all when i did the final torque on the rods.

i got all my parts from a heavy equipment dealer in anchorage, everything was on the shelf, i ordered it for a 218 and everything fit great.

Ok, i'll start with everything ive done. Honed and rehashed cylinders, new rings, one new piston, new rod bearings on #5 and #6 (i got the engine dissassembled and they where missing), and complete reseal. Im trying to fire this thing off sitting on the floor in my shop and im having to wire two batteries in series to even get it to turn over and it will only crank over fast for 3-4 seconds and slow to a stop. its impossable to turn by hand, ive been using a 3/4" drive rachet which does it pretty easy but not fast enought to get it to pop. Maybe Too close of a bearing tolerance? Ive got a 200 amp jump starter but so far all ive used it for is to fast charge the batteries. On the question of what then engine actually is, i think its a 240cid. The head is off a Plymouth and the block casting # starts P24(star)*****. Also, what should i get for a ballast for the coil, the fist one i had boiled over and its been along time since i mest with anything that needed one, shouldnt i be able to order one for a 66 chev p.u and is it? (cheap and readily available) thanks

second that. Theres not an engine out there that a case of Kokanne cant rebuilt (my first Wankle 13B and BBC and my first flat head 6). I'll take some pics of the one im doing right now, and of the valve spring compressor and lapping tools i use. If your really into it, check out ebay. i see original mopar dealer tools from the 40's hand crank valve lapping tools and one handed vavle spring compressor, usually they are cheap to.