RE: [ihc] Re: ihc-digest V7 #588

["John M. Adams" <jma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> salmineo@domain.elided
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:32 PM
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> Subject: [ihc] Re: ihc-digest V7 #588
>
>
> Knurling pistons in IHC V8 motors was actually a recommended
> procedure in a booklet published by Hastings in the late 1980s.
> It was done to help reduce piston slap, and to help retain more
> oil on the skirt and reduce scuffing.  The booklet was a
> collection of different procedures to fix certain problems
> inherent to different motors by different manufacturers.  For IHC
> they offered that, and also a method to improve oil pressure on
> the older SV and 4-cylinder engines.
> -Colin Rush
>

Colin,

Do you happen to have that booklet scanned / posted somewhere? I won't be
knurling any pistons, but would like to read the part regarding methods of
improving oil pressure.

John A.