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Roger, I agree with you, with an exception; I would look inside the cylinders with a bore scope first. Cheap insurance to prevent damaging new pistons and requiring a re-bore. Having said that, I'll step aside...

Originally Posted by 36 sedan

.........I'll step aside...

Me too....

Would not clocking the piston rings during assembly cause this much blow by?

Originally Posted by Jakemstar

Would not clocking the piston rings during assembly cause this much blow by?

I'm sorry, I assumed you had more experience with motors, your above question leads to me to believe there maybe more serious problems with your build. I would suggest you get and study a book or two on engine building before continuing any further. You may have missed several very important steps in your motor assembly process.

Originally Posted by Jakemstar

Would not clocking the piston rings during assembly cause this much blow by?

Yes, not clocking the rings gives the cylinder pressure an open path to the crankcase.

Originally Posted by 36 sedan

I'm sorry, I assumed you had more experience with motors, your above question leads to me to believe there maybe more serious problems with your build. I would suggest you get and study a book or two on engine building before continuing any further. You may have missed several very important steps in your motor assembly process.

Sorry, but I agree there's a potential for a lot more issues. Clocking the piston rings is a very basic step in the assembly process.

To be honest with you im quite young and this is my first rebuild. Ive put an insane amount of time and research into this as youd assume, however, yes im very "cherry" lol. And again to be honest im impressed with how far ive come. I understand your frustrations as i probably should have said this right off the bat, however im trying to be taken seriously especially when coming onto forums like these with a bunch of extremely expirienced people like yourselves. I have made a few very simple mistakes yes, but that does not exclude me from getting some guidance. Im sorry if you feel as though youve wasted your time but i really do appreciate all input. Im constantly learning and knew when i took this project on i was getting in over my head. I found the best machinist in the area and have been working closely with him. Luckily he has been very patient with me but im at the point now where the motor is in my truck and its not very easy to just call him up and try to describe my problems to him over the phone. Thats why i have turned to these forums for help. Im young with minimal expirienced but have always been at least a little mechanically inclined. I took interest and have been fascinated with these things since i was a boy lol. I just never had the chance to try it out for myself. Now the i have the money and time for it i figured id give it a try. Again im sorry if anyone feels they have wasted their time

Originally Posted by Jakemstar

Again im sorry if anyone feels they have wasted their time

No blood, no foul. No one's saying it's been a waste of time, but clocking rings is a basic step that cannot be overlooked. It's possible that you got more random "stagger" in the gaps on the other five cylinders if you didn't pay attention to spacing them equally around the pistons.

Stick around and keep posting. No telling what I might learn from someone's answer to your questions.