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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:50 am
by unstable load
SimpleSimon wrote:unstable load wrote:Lots of 2-pack resins are susceptible to weakening with heat, but it will probably take enough to cook the block and anneal it, so it looks like it's a sharpened screwdriver and a half-brick to chip it out....
So thats a NO then?
I think so.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:02 am
by Spongo
What about chemical dipping as used on chassis and body parts that gets rid of anything organic
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:41 pm
by Blown v8
My mate runs a Windsor block,he half filled his for strength,
Uses it on the street with no problems,
And he run his first 9 last year !
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:52 pm
by mgbv8
Not sure about Resin fillers. But I tried Moroso block filler on a RV8 test engine and found that despite me doing the filling procedure as per the book.
The filler expanded to the point where it split the ally block both sides around each middle core plug.
The filler, when mixed with water looked just like the floor levelling compound you can buy from builders merchants.
Pel
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 7:26 am
by Eliot
I wouldn't want a cooling compromised block in mid engined setup. A 302 block is hardly unobtainium - sell it and start with a normal block.
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:23 pm
by Ian Anderson
Thanks Elliot
That is what I have decided.
See what older blocks come up as I need pre 75 to help on emissions
Ian
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:06 pm
by Eliot
Ian Anderson wrote:Thanks Elliot
I need pre 75 to help on emissions
Ian
I doubt that's an issue now that the car is on the road....
Anyway - anything pre-cat (~1991?) will piss past emissions if it's tuned nicely or injected.
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:44 pm
by Ian Anderson
Eliot wrote:Ian Anderson wrote:Thanks Elliot
I need pre 75 to help on emissions
Ian
I doubt that's an issue now that the car is on the road....
Anyway - anything pre-cat (~1991?) will piss past emissions if it's tuned nicely or injected.
Car is registered as 2006 so emissions are 2006 or date of engine, whatever is older.
I fancy old school quad Webbers now mention that and emissions in the same breath and most people suck a lot of air through their teeth!
Ian