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What is longest a main cap dowel can be?
Ford guy gave me a handful of new Ford cam 1.5" dowels. I know many use the Ford cam dowels, also know there are other options out there. That said, I think 1.5" is too long, maybe cut them down to 1" or less. Thoughts on max length?
Looking at dowel holes I see some are drilled deeper than others.#1 driver's side even has a small hole where the bit tip went through, obviously deeper than others. Driller Dude must been tokin' and looking and porn that day... |
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I have had them go thru the caps.One issue you need to have a cap puller to get them off the dowels.Tom
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Even back in those days, all those holes were drilled at once with 6 drill bits. Chances are one bit broke off in a previous hole and the next so many blocks went through with 5 holes drilled until someone noticed. Had a SBC years ago in the shop that had killed several sets of rod bearings over time. Found a broken drill bit piece in the passage about 1/2" long. Enough oil could make it around the bit flutes that it wouldn't kill the bearings immediately. It happens in mass production.
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Since the factory caps have the holes drilled all of the way through, I would not see a limit on the length other than making it hard to get the caps off. If you have aftermarket caps with blind holes, then you need to measure. |
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