I'm adding up the cost of everything I'll need for the block rebuilding. Going standard bore 302 budget rebuild. I figure machine shop decking, honing, tanking, cam bearings, freeze plugs, polish crank will be $400 to $500.
Gaskets, rings, bearings, timing chain, oil pump come to another $450 to $500. I'm not going to buy a kit since none of the kits contain the specific things I want so this price is the accumulation of selecting all the individual components to my liking.
I have questions on a few things.
1) Cometic head gaskets start in bore size 4.030, or at least I have not seen the listing for standard 4.000 bore. Will the 4.030 Cometics work with my standard 4.000 bore? I'll probably be choosing .075 compressed thickness to make up for head milling and block decking. I want to keep the compression a tad lower for the boost application.
2) Im pretty sure my crank will be good with just a polish so I'll be using standard sized bearings. However, I see available bearing with .001 oversize for extra oil clearance? What is the purpose of this? Should I do this and run a high volume oil pump? Or should I just go with standard bearing size?
3) About the oil pump. Is high volume really necessary? And again, What pump recommendation do you have in relation to any bearing choice?
Gaskets, rings, bearings, timing chain, oil pump come to another $450 to $500. I'm not going to buy a kit since none of the kits contain the specific things I want so this price is the accumulation of selecting all the individual components to my liking.
I have questions on a few things.
1) Cometic head gaskets start in bore size 4.030, or at least I have not seen the listing for standard 4.000 bore. Will the 4.030 Cometics work with my standard 4.000 bore? I'll probably be choosing .075 compressed thickness to make up for head milling and block decking. I want to keep the compression a tad lower for the boost application.
2) Im pretty sure my crank will be good with just a polish so I'll be using standard sized bearings. However, I see available bearing with .001 oversize for extra oil clearance? What is the purpose of this? Should I do this and run a high volume oil pump? Or should I just go with standard bearing size?
3) About the oil pump. Is high volume really necessary? And again, What pump recommendation do you have in relation to any bearing choice?