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| You'll have to ask a specialty iron welding shop. |
| By Dave Shoe - 05/29/2003 1:48:56 PM; IP 12.104.160.195 |
I've always worried about repairing cast iron cylinder blocks, but am slowly learning that most FE block failures are repairable.
Most critical in the repair is the selection of the proper shop to do the repair. I can recommend Crow Custom Cast Welding in Hudson, Wisconsin. A local 427 FE race engine builder uses them to do all kinds of radical repairs to 427 blocks. All blocks return to racing service with excellent results. Other FErs have found this same shop and report top notch results. I'm unaware of other shops, but there are likely a dozen or so around the country that can do the job right, though perhaps none have more current FE experience than Crow Custom.
Again, the technology is over my head. I only know that if you improperly weld cast iron, the graphite converts to carbide and the block becomes unworkable. You will want to call this shop to learn whether the repair is practical. Shipping may be a stumbling point, as you either need a freight contract with a trucking firm, or you need to be near a www.forwardair.com terminal, if you want to ship the block for less than $500.00 round trip (keeping one way trips well under a hundred bucks is the goal). Trucking firms are not cost-friendly to the uninitiated, as 70% discounts are fairly customary when you have connections.
Here's a post which discusses the topic a bit more:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/message?forumid=74182&messageid=1051981838
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