Buckweet, it will need to be re-bored and oversize pistons and rings installed. Your machine shop will be able to tell you how much oversize will be required to "clean it up".
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Buckweet, it will need to be re-bored and oversize pistons and rings installed. Your machine shop will be able to tell you how much oversize will be required to "clean it up".
That is the casting mark. It is actualy cast right into the case. It is a mirror image of the identification tag that is put into the mold every time a pour is made. That case was cast on November...
Haha! I agree. The man who I preferred to machine all my engines, a guy who did work for AJ Foyt, used to say "The only replacement for cubic inches, is cubic dollars".
I think we need to see if you need a pilots licenses to "fly" TJones's rocket ship, before you guy's stick a V8 in there gmwillys! A true hot roder you are, to plant that suggestion! Of course, I...
I think the early M38A1 is similar to the CJ3B right?
Whoops forgot the link, but you just met him! https://willysjeepforum.kaiserwillys.com/showthread.php?1772-New-to-the-Forum
Oh man that thing is a great looking project! A considerable amount of it is still there and it is good shape. That should be a lot of fun that's for sure.
Welcome Buckweet, post some pictures of your M38. The direction to take your project, is as wide as your imagination. Take a look at this Jeep with a V6.