Re: Car Craft 360 AMC Build

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Nov 23, 2005, at 9:08 AM, farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Thanks Dwight! I imagine the comment I made about pressed in vs.  
> floating piston pins come into play. The rod's not going anywhere  
> if the pin is keeping it in place. Hmm.. that brings up something  
> else though. The pin is pressed in the rod, and floats in the  
> piston. With the big side clearance in the rod, the rod could  
> conceivably move far enough that the pin scores the side of the  
> block, assuming there is enough room under the piston for the rod  
> to shift sideways that far.

It would be restrained by the big end down on the crank, though that  
may not be somethign you'd want to rely on.