These weren't tight, these were press fit +.002 with a bushing. I wish they'd all wake up a little more. They didn't even fit the block without notching, no notes inside the box or anything. I can just imagine shipping 'em out and gettin' the calls back from in the field. How many rods you figure they're goin' to sell to the flathead guys doin' their own engines? Tell 'em they got a bunch of grindin' to do first, I don't think so. In our area, the local crank grinder just retired after 30+ years. If you could talk to him, he would have told you how busy he was "repairing" all the "bent" Chinese cranks he had to grind straight (.010 Mains) up here just to get 'em in the engines, from one of the biggest local builders in the country. I just laid a BB 1/4" in the saddles and had zero end-play, again, "it's the only bad one out there". They must think we just fell off the "turnip-truck". I want to make everyone aware of why even with "cheap" parts prices the motors are still fairly expensive. And whether it's "off-shore" or "domestic", the quality control, if there's such a thing anymore, plain "stinks". The engine-builders or the final customer usually takes the "hit", not the manufacturers. It's a little frustrating at times, and a lot of extra labor. Thanks, Gary in N.Y.
PS Personally, my hat's off to all the engine-builders out there trying to do a decent job. It's not as easy as it appears to the "outsiders". Sometimes, you build 'em an engine, it's like marryin' 'em.
