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Originally Posted by drivemusicnow
Wow.. I cannot believe how tight those bearing clearances are stock.
I have a couple questions for you guys.
First does subaru use any process at the factory to harden their cranks at all?
Also, does your machinist that cuts the crank down re-radius the journals? If he does, than that's a great price, and definitely worth it. if not, I'd probably take my part elsewhere.
Has anyone thought to try O-ringing the head instead of trying to get custom headgaskets done? A simple o-ring job typically will cost about 150$, and then you can run the stock, or stock equiv headgasket without any worries. Might be an option to look into at least. You can choose whether you oring the block or the head as well.
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I have thought of O-ringing. It would probably work well. I might consider it if I felt confident in the shop that was doing it and it was for the right price. I also think if it was done with a groove in the head and in the block, that it would do the same thing as closing the deck, as far as stabilizing the top of the cylinder.