Originally Posted by richm
Originally Posted by BROM@ZOO
you carnt line bore a block with all caps missing you need to pick up on at least 2 main caps before it can be line bored
and what does over size bearing got to do with line boring thats to do with having the crank ground
Brom, in the terms I was using "oversize" implies external diameter increase to accomodate increased housing size (if it has been line bored), "undersize" relates to crank journal grind size reduction. I'm not suggesting bearings are neccessarily available with an oversize OD in this case, but I have seen them for other applications.
No you dont do that.
I reguarly have engines line bored, you skim the caps off first, then line bore it after, which means that the hole is still the same size.