No smoking cannons that scream to me an obvious issue. From what I can see I think either there was an issue with the gasket at the joint which I circled on the film of the new gasket below which is where the fire ring separated on the bad gasket, or possibly the insert for the coolant passage wasn’t sitting flat and skewed the torque reading, but from how it looks I’m thinking the fire ring failed first and forced the rest of the gasket out, hard to say.
There is a small imprint on the face of the piston from the fire ring failing, luckily I can see that it’s not affecting the bore so I think we lucked out there. Already measured the studs and they all haven’t stretched and are equal lengths. Piston protrusion is the same as my measurements from the original assembly so nothing wrong with the bottom end. Curious to hear y’all’s thoughts.
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There is a small imprint on the face of the piston from the fire ring failing, luckily I can see that it’s not affecting the bore so I think we lucked out there. Already measured the studs and they all haven’t stretched and are equal lengths. Piston protrusion is the same as my measurements from the original assembly so nothing wrong with the bottom end. Curious to hear y’all’s thoughts.
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