> Graham Motzing Wrote:
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> They are in fact hard as dicks, I bored one out to use the standard
> 15mm/ 12pin bearing and it was definitely in the ballpark to run a
> bearing, HSS tool wouldn't cut it.
>
> That engine never accumulated much hours but it didn't blow up, and I
> was sending it pretty hard, calculated 12k based on gps speed and
> gearing
>
> I still think pressing in a a35 rod is way easier than all these
> shenanigans, and you know it will last.
^^ hardness confirmed, now just to ensure that you leftover hole has the correct tolerances.