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General Specifications Displacement L (CID) 281
Number of cylinders 8
Bore and stroke 90.2X90.0
Firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
Oil pressure (Hot @ 1500 rpm) kpa 138-310
Drive belt tension See Note
Newly installed-Refers to the condition of the NEW drive belt before the engine has made no more than one rotation and before the belt has had a chance to stretch or seat into the pulley grooves.
Cylinder Head and Valve train
head gasket surface - WT = 10.0/2.5. Head gasket surface finish-RZU - 13.5 microns. Filter cut off at 0.08 mm, TPI (@) 3.5 microns below the peak 63% min. cutoff at 0.8 rum, 0 Ref=2V.
Combustion chamber volume 52 +/-.5 c
Valve seats width-intake 0.075-0.083 inch
Valve seats width-exhaust mm (inch) 0.075-0.083 inch
Valve seats angle 44.51-45.01°
Valve seats runout (T.I.R.) max mm (inch) 0.0010
Valve arrangement (front-to-rear) Left Hand E-I-E-I-E-I-E-I
Right Hand I-E-I-E-I-E-I-E
Valve stem to guide clearance-intake 0.00079-0.00272 inch
Valve stem to guide clearance-exhaust 0.0018-0.0037 inch
Valve head diameter-intake 1.75 inch
Valve head diameter-exhaust 1.34 inch
Valve head diameter-gauge diameters 1.67 and 1.26 inch
Valve face runout limit 0.002 inch
Valve face angle 45.25-45.75°
Valve stem diameter (Std) -Intake 0.275-0.2746 inch
Valve stem diameter (Std) -exhaust 0.274-0.2736 inch
Valve springs- compression pressure N @ spec- length-intake 1.10 inch
Valve springs-compression pressure N @ spec. length-exhaust 1.10 inch
Valve springs-free length (approximate) intake 1.951 inch
Valve springs--free length (approximate) exhaust mm 1.951
Valve springs-installed pressure N @ spec. length -intake 1.57 inch
Valve springs installed 244.64 N pressure N @ spec. length-exhaust 1.57 inch
Valve springs-installed 10 % pressure pressure N @ spec. length less -service limit 1.10 inch
Valve springs-installed pressure N @ spec. length-out of square limit
Valve guide inner diameter 0.00079-0.03740
Rocker arm-ratio 1.75:1
Valve tappet-diameter (Std) 0.66-0.629 inch
Valve tappet-clearance to bore 0.00071-0.00272 inch
Valve tappet--service limit 0.00063 inch
Valve tappet-hydraulic leakdown rate 5-25 seconds
Valve tappet--collapsed valve tappet gap desired 0.0335-0.0177 inch
Camshaft Lobe lift-intake 0.2594 inch
Lobe lift-exhaust 0.2594 inch
Lobe lift-allowable lobe lift loss 0
Theoretical valve lift @ zero lash-intake 0.472 inch
Theoretical valve lift @ zero lash--exhaust 0.472 inch
End play mm (inch) 0.00098-0.0065 inch
Journal to bearing clearance 0.008-0.003 inch
Journal to bearing clearance-service limit 0.0048 inch
Journal diameter (all) 1.061-1.060 inch
Journal diameter (all)-bearing inside diameter (all) 1.063-1.0625 inch
Camshaft runout 0.002 inch
Cylinder Bore Diameter-surface finish (RMS) 0.2-0.6 microns
Diameter-out-of-round limit 0.0006 inch
Diameter-out-of-round service limit 0.00079 inch
Diameter--taper service limit 0.00023 inch
Piston Piston-diameter-coded Red 1 3.550-3.551 inch
Piston-diameter-coded Blue 2 3.5507-3.5515 inch
Piston-diameter-coded Yellow 3 3.513-3.5521 inch
Piston-to-bore-clearance 0.0005-0.001 inch
Pin bore diameter 0.866-0.8663 inch
Ring groove width-compression (top) 0.06-0.610 inch
Ring groove width-compression (bottom) 0.060-0.0602 inch
Ring groove width-oil ring 0.275-0.2844 inch
Piston pin-length 2.44-2.443 inch
Diameter 0.866-0.8661 inch
Pin to piston clearance 0.0002-0.0004 inch
Pin to rod clearance 0.0006-0.00157 inch
Piston rings-ring gap -compression (top) 0.0394 inch
Piston rings-ring gap -compression (top) 0.0394 inch
Oil ring-side clearance 0.05 inch
Oil ring-compression (top) 0.0016-0.0031 inch
Oil ring-compression (top) 0.0012-0.00031 inch
Oil ring snug fit
Oil ring-service limit 0.0006 inch
Ring gap-compression (top) 0.01-0.02 inch
Ring gap-compression (bottom) 0.01-0.02 inch
Ring gap--oil ring (steel rail) 0.006-0.026 inch
Cylinder Block Head gasket surface See Note
head gasket surface - WT= 10.0/2.5. Head gasket surface finish-RZU - 13.5 microns. Filter cut off at 0.08 mm, TPI (@) 3.5 microns below the peak 63% min. cutoff at 0.8 rum, 0 Ref=2V.
Head gasket surface finish See Note
head gasket surface - WT= 10.0/2.5. Head gasket surface finish-RZU - 13.5 microns. Filter cut off at 0.08 mm, TPI (@) 3.5 microns below the peak 63% min. cutoff at 0.8 rum, 0 Ref=2V.
Main bearing bore diameter 2.85-2.851 inch
Crankshaft and Flywheel Main bearing journal diameter 2.65-2.657 inch
Connecting rod journal-diameter 2.0861-2.0867 inch
Crankshaft free end play 0.0051-0.012 inch
Crankshaft runout to rear face of block 0.002 inch
Connecting Rod Bearings Clearance to crankshaft-desired 0.001-0.0027 inch
Clearance to crankshaft-allowable 0.001-0.0027 inch
Bearing wall thickness (Std) 0.096-0.0965 inch
Main Bearings Clearance to crankshaft-desired 0.0011-0.0026 inch
Clearance to crankshaft-allowable 0.0011-0.0026 inch
Bearing wall thickness (Std) 0.075-0.076 inch
Connecting Rod, Piston and Rings Connecting rod--piston pin bore diameter 0.864-0.865 inch
Connecting rod-crankshaft bearing bore diameter 2.234-2.24 inch
Connecting rod-length (center-to-center) 5.93 inch
Alignment (bore-to-bore Max. Diff.) -Twist
The pin bore and crank bearing bore must be parallel and in the same vertical plane within the specified total difference when measured at the ends of a 203 mm bar, 105.5 mm on each side of rod centerline.
0.0015-0.984 inch
Alignment (bore-to-bore Max. Diff.) bend 0.0015-0.984 inch
Side clearance (assembled to cranky-standard 0 0.0006-0.0177 inch
Side clearance (assembled to cranky-service limit 0.02 inch
Crankshaft main bearing journal taper 0.0007 inch
Crankshaft main bearing journal runout 0.002 inch
Crankshaft connecting rod journal taper 0.0005 inch