Started to put some plumbing on the frame. This is a kunifer brake pipe system. Kunifer is a copper and nickel alloy as I understand it, so it can't corrode and it is fairly easy to bend. This is the first time I have ever used this stuff and I have to admit that I like it. It is about the same money as a steel set but is much less expensive than a stainless steel set. This actually is very close to being complete ( the brake plumbing that is) and would be except for the fact that the stainless steel flex line for the rear axle that was shipped to me is two inches too long and the last hard piece for the rear axle is 3 feet too long.

In other fun facts, the block did not clean up at 0.040 overbore. It seems that the last rebore job did not quite happen square to the world. So the larger bore has to be used to resquare the piston with the crank. There is a chance that the new rebore could be 0.050 over if I can find the right piston rings. It's more likely that I will go for 0.060 over so the ring manufacturer choice is greater. Unfortunately, this will be the last rebore for this block if I do that. I read one time that Phil Hill (back in the day when he was racing xk-120's) used to bore the 3.4 engines to 3.8 liter. I have never read in any tech manual that that is even possible. The stock bore is apparently 83 mm. If one does the math for the displacement at 3442 cc, then the stroke is 3442/(3.14x 8.3/2x8.3/2 x1/6 )=95.42mm.. Assuming that he used the same stroke, then the square root of (3800 /( 6x9.542x3.14)) = r = 45.9644mm. Therefore the diameter is 91.9287mm. And the difference is 9.93 mm or 0.391 of an inch overbore. Wow! There can't be much of the cylinder lining left at that point.