Just an update on the piston issue. I talked with Egge Machine and they have 1950 Chrysler pistons that will fit in 0.080 oversize, which is about 0.015 oversize for a 216. My block is standard bore with fairly minimal taper, so this will work out pretty well. Wouldn't work with a block that's more than 0.010 oversize. They'll come less than 1/64" proud of the block deck and come standard with 0.859 diameter piston pins, so I sent them a set of 216 pins (0.866 dia) to them to have them fitted into the pistons.This works for me without a lot of machine work. I'm not equipped like Jerry is and have to farm that out.
Working on plumbing a Melling M29 pump into the engine. It's inlet and outlet seem quite different from the M11 pump that the 216 uses. Jerry has said it'll take some creative plumbing to do that, so I'll put my plumbing t-shirt on to tackle that task. Just getting into that.
Last edited by klhansen; 01/24/2025 12:00 AM.
