der_nanno
Faster!
This thread is actually missing some of the updates that haven't happened all too lately actually.
After inspecting my old engine, I discovered that the distance between piston and squishband simply was too big to make the squish work effectively. (Quite the opposite really!) So after a lot of thinking (and admittedly hesitation to pull the engine apart again), I decided to take some measurements and win 0.5mm by replacing the base-gasket with some liquid gasket. So far everything seems to clear and now the piston to squish clearance is set at 1.20-1.25 (inaccuracies of my vernier caliper), which is still about 0.15 to 0.20mm more than I wanted but a whole world better than the 1.75 to 1.80mm that I originally had. (There will be a longer explanation on the blog coming weekend, when I have a bit more time to spell it all out for those, who are interested.)
After inspecting my old engine, I discovered that the distance between piston and squishband simply was too big to make the squish work effectively. (Quite the opposite really!) So after a lot of thinking (and admittedly hesitation to pull the engine apart again), I decided to take some measurements and win 0.5mm by replacing the base-gasket with some liquid gasket. So far everything seems to clear and now the piston to squish clearance is set at 1.20-1.25 (inaccuracies of my vernier caliper), which is still about 0.15 to 0.20mm more than I wanted but a whole world better than the 1.75 to 1.80mm that I originally had. (There will be a longer explanation on the blog coming weekend, when I have a bit more time to spell it all out for those, who are interested.)