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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MustangChris" data-source="post: 553386" data-attributes="member: 10830">i agree... i guess the point i didnt get across is just like everything else "blue printing" changes over time.In the past no one raced with wide band o2 sensors, no one had hand held tuners to get that .001 second out of the car.this is no exception.The article i read just explained how FORD was blueprinting motors. they used a sonar machine to measure the cylinder diameter, cylinder angles, and cylinder wall density.My friend's dad blue printed his motor. But it was nothing like this. he simply had it measured, and speced, and they did bore it out on a CNC machine, but it was as you say "as good as the builder." nothing like Ford's set up.I guess we should have just said "blue printing, although it has changed much over the eras, is the basic rebuilding of a motor to a specific set of parameters to attempt to reach maximum tolerance, reliability, and performance."<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />def. learned about pistons in this thread! lol. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>