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Bore size

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I have just roughly gauged the bores of my s block and it is reading about 72mm so does anybody know what size overbore that could equate to? Cheers Graeme
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Standard S bore is 70.6mm, every 10 thou of an inch extra is plus 0.254mm. Plus 60 would give you just over 72mm
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According to the pdf file I have +0.060" is 72.17mm. How does that compare?
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Same for me.

72mm with +60
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Re: Bore size

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72mm is 2.8347"

+60 is 2.840 "
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Cheers for the replies so it looks to be + 60 does that leave room for sleeving and if so what is the going rate?
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I had a .060 Cooper S block under the bench for 20 years. I located a set of 73 mm pistons out of OZ. Have been running it since. Steve (CTR)
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Re: Bore size

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Pretty sure Keith Calver sells the Oz 73mm pistons
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Re: Bore size

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Keith Calver used to have a 72.5mm Piston, this would leave room for another rebore at 73mm .

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Here you can have almost every possible and impossible piston size custom made:

https://wahl-spezialkolben.de/

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Re: Bore size

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Calver ST also does 72.5 which would be an excellent save for +.060
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Re: Bore size

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Cheers for all the input I will nip along to Spamspeed for him to cast an eye on it.
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