rocket wrote:
I was not the one who removed the exhaust bridge, it was aready done when I bought the machine. I've been running it hard for about 4 years and it was a used
Engine at that point.
This is the first time being into the Engine since I bought it. Everyone is saying it needs the
bridge, but I don't see anthing bad going on with it not being there. Even though the piston,
rings, and bore look a little rough from eating sand. Everything looks pretty good for being as old as the Engine is.
Keep working on the pics of the rings, try different lighting natural and indoor lighting different angles and different camera settings you will get them its not uncommon for me to take 10 pictures of a Engine part to get one presentable picture to post here in my articles.
If the wear on the rings is even all around from all sides including top and bottom and the ring grooves are worn even I would not worry about the missing bridge you have PROVEN it works, if their was unusual wear on the piston or rings NOW is the time to discover it then use your last rebuild as a guide to when you need to pull the top end off for a inspection and rebuild.
So thinking back about how many hours did you put on the last rebuild OR about how many gallons of gas did you run through the last rebuild figure it out write this down so you know...
Do me/us a favor and port map that cylinder please see this article its real easy it would be nice to see what we can get away with on that exhaust port
http://www.macdizzy.com/cylinder_map.htm I know what I can get away with on the Pilot just not the Odyssey.
You can or could modify the new piston to match the old piston and or drill or mill out material like wiseco use to do to make the piston lighter just be careful and don't drill the wholes all the way through where they are just a pocket on the old piston
I want to make a jig and at lease start drilling a hole above the wrist pin on both sides of the piston.
Thanks