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    Need some help on Piston Protrusion

    Sorry for the late response. We found that the machine shop not only honed the pin bushings too high but also not straight. I decided to go with a set of Brian Crower rods. Got a super deal! Hope this helps
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    Need some help on Piston Protrusion

    I use all Shars calipers/micrometers/bore/dials accurate to .0005. Standard Proform magnetic base deck measurment tool. Shars magnetic base adjustable arm dial holder. Snap-On feelr set. As I said, I've built plenty of engines with most being above the 400 mark and never having one blow on me...
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    Need some help on Piston Protrusion

    At this point I plan on taking everything back out and re-checking. No sense in destroying a build on start-up due to lack of patience or scrutiny. I was just hoping that maybe someone had seen this before and could point the way so to speak.
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    Need some help on Piston Protrusion

    No sir. Everything on the block is within factory tolerance. Reight in the middle or tight for most of it. Like I said, this beats the shit out of me. Compressed thickness of "C" is 1.05mm or .0413. This would leave .0153 final clearance. Seems a bit close.
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    Need some help on Piston Protrusion

    Nope. Dexk was straight but I had the heads milled just enough to clean them up which is why I started taking all of the measurmenta.
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    Need some help on Piston Protrusion

    Well it's good to know I have an option but I just can not see qhy the hell the protrusion would be that much.... Thank you for the link BTW.
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    Need some help on Piston Protrusion

    Hey all, been awhile since I have posted anything constructive but the truck has been down for a year now and I am just getting ready to put it all back together. My question as the title suggests concerns piston protrusion. This is the 1st DMAX that I have built but have built probably 50-60...
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    Divorced transfer.... Possible?

    I see and thanks for the clarification. I believe I have avoided this issue though. Although the X case is a 261 it seems it will work just fine with a fabbed bracket to mount a control lever to. After all, it's the same X case, just machined to accept a shift motor instead of a shift lever/bracket.
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    Divorced transfer.... Possible?

    Thanks everyone for the responses. My truck is originally 2wd but I was able to pick up all the 4wd parts for $350 from a guy who was upside down in a burn vehicle he bought for his own truck. I intended to fine a 4wd zf6 but as stated before couldn't anywhere. This is a huge project that is...
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    Divorced transfer.... Possible?

    Thanks for the reply, out of curiosity why won't 4L work?
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    Washington members, roll call

    I would love to! Only issue is my truck will be down for a good month or so when I do my big project on it.
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    Washington members, roll call

    Here in Spokane
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    Divorced transfer.... Possible?

    Fabing mounts would be no problem. I would actually fab something up to where the transmission and the transfer case where connected to the same mount. This way there would be no movement between the two. As far as shafts go, has anyone heard of or have experience with a yoke to yoke, or a...
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    Divorced transfer.... Possible?

    So after searching far and wide for a decent priced 4WD version ZF6 or even just the rear case secton and coming up with completely nothing I started wondering if it's possible to use my existing 2WD ZF6, divorce the 263, and couple them with a short shaft or even just 2 yokes jointed together...
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    A turbo question.....

    So I am starting to think that none of these turbos would work well then because of the Atmospheric Ratio..... I imagine that the larger turbos would be even worse due to the size of the exaust wheels and how much pressure would be required just to turn them.... Darn, thought I was finally going...
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