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Old 03-01-2009, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ccomt View Post
Does anyone know where you can get BRASS SCREW-IN freeze plugs?
I would use a screw-in freeze plug of the same material as the block.

That is if I decided the press-in plugs were inadequate, or if I were filling the water jackets of a drag motor.

There is nothing to gain for 99% of applications, but you do lose the mechanical overpressure vent for the block.
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