Aftermarket Aluminum FE Blocks

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

RodKnock ... BUY a complete spare setup and carry it with you in a bag and the basic tools you need to repair it. ... All this is easy to fix on the side of the road. once the motor cools off. Hand soap or gloves also throw into the bag. Just remember where the rotor was pointing and the housing was positioned. It will not be perfect but will get you home instead of on the hook or rollback.

The day RodKnock can pull his distributor by the side of the road, replace any part in it, and then get the car to run is the day I hop a flight to CA and dance buck-naked on the hood of his car with a rose clenched between my teeth.

[Woodz428]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The day RodKnock can pull his distributor by the side of the road, replace any part in it, and then get the car to run is the day I hop a flight to CA and dance buck-naked on the hood of his car with a rose clenched between my teeth.

I might even pay to see that...well maybe not.

[PANAVIA]

Originally Posted by Woodz428

I might even pay to see that...well maybe not.

I will gladly teach him to Field-Strip his FE in 30 seconds.

--in other technical news;

The key to aluminum block success is its consistency to obey the designed specification.

== which requires the correct casting atmospherics and unwavering process.

I had the good fortune to speak with a gentleman who went over to the UK in the early 1980s as a manufacturing consultant.

he found unacceptable humidity levels in their casting area , which lead to porosity in the castings.

The other things found were castings being removed from molds before they were cool.

this lead to core shift or misshapen blocks.

I do think that cottage industry has given us options we thought were gone (new FE blocks) it needs to be tread with caution, and double checking.

Steve

[undy]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The day RodKnock can pull his distributor by the side of the road, replace any part in it, and then get the car to run is the day I hop a flight to CA and dance buck-naked on the hood of his car with a rose clenched between my teeth.

Now if that ain't a visual, TMI at it's finest..

[RICK LAKE]

Patrickt Pat you have little FAITH in people. It must be from being an officer of the courts and seeing what you see for so long.

Rodknock, I got $20.00 on you. As far as Pat dancing on your hood, ONly if he is going to repair the hood cracks and paint from the DANCE. By the way, I DON'T want to see the pictures. Rick L. Ps Rod if you played with an erector set you can do a distributor swap.

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by RICK LAKE

Patrickt Pat you have little FAITH in people. It must be from being an officer of the courts and seeing what you see for so long.

Rodknock, I got $20.00 on you. As far as Pat dancing on your hood, ONly if he is going to repair the hood cracks and paint from the DANCE. By the way, I DON'T want to see the pictures. Rick L. Ps Rod if you played with an erector set you can do a distributor swap.

Rodknocks hood is painted? I always thought he had polished it.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The day RodKnock can pull his distributor by the side of the road, replace any part in it, and then get the car to run is the day I hop a flight to CA and dance buck-naked on the hood of his car with a rose clenched between my teeth.

Well, first, I would never allow anyone to dance on my hood, buck-naked or not. Second, Patrick is right. The probability of me, being able to replace my distributor and the Digital 6 on the side of the road is so infinitesimally small, that you may see pigs fly first. A man has to know he own limitations.

Rick, I'm not obsessing over the mileage of an aluminum block, but seeing if I can prove or refute the theory brought up by someone over on the SAAC Forum.

Thank you for your thoughtful response on the distributor gear. It seems to me that there are so many other variables besides the mere fact that a block is aluminum where the mileage may never reach this 8,000-10,000 figure before an engine needs some sort of "open surgery."