Using a stretch guage - advice needed
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:03 pm
Hi Guys,
As this is my first serious engine build I decided to splash out on an ARP stretch guage. Reading the included instructions they say "You always use .200" - .400" preload on the guage and tighten the set screw and lock nut on the adjusting screw". Surely this is an error, 0.200 to 0.400" seems like a heck of a lot of preload. Should it be 0.020" - 0.040" or maybe 0.002" - 0.004"?
Any other things I need to know to get an accurate result with this gadget? - I'm using the ARP lube of course.
As this is my first serious engine build I decided to splash out on an ARP stretch guage. Reading the included instructions they say "You always use .200" - .400" preload on the guage and tighten the set screw and lock nut on the adjusting screw". Surely this is an error, 0.200 to 0.400" seems like a heck of a lot of preload. Should it be 0.020" - 0.040" or maybe 0.002" - 0.004"?
Any other things I need to know to get an accurate result with this gadget? - I'm using the ARP lube of course.