03-02-2020, 01:12 PM
Hi All
I thought I’d got quite a good block for the special and have gone ahead with a light skim and rebore.
However now I’ve got it home I have found this crack emanating from the centre stud hole to the water passage. It looks quite old in that the edges are slightly corroded so it’s probably been there for some time. There are no cracks between the stud and the cylinders which have been bored to 57.25mm in preparation for Tony’s slipper pistons.
I will be using a standard cam and valve springs but a Ricardo head.
Is the block Scrap? Or is it worth chancing it given the lack of cracks to the cylinders?
Cheers
Howard
I thought I’d got quite a good block for the special and have gone ahead with a light skim and rebore.
However now I’ve got it home I have found this crack emanating from the centre stud hole to the water passage. It looks quite old in that the edges are slightly corroded so it’s probably been there for some time. There are no cracks between the stud and the cylinders which have been bored to 57.25mm in preparation for Tony’s slipper pistons.
I will be using a standard cam and valve springs but a Ricardo head.
Is the block Scrap? Or is it worth chancing it given the lack of cracks to the cylinders?
Cheers
Howard