Re: Cracked Block - How bad is too bad?
Yup, that's mine. Threw a rod back in 1981 that took out the lower cylinder skirt on the back two cylinders. Unfortunately, not enough left at the bottom of the cylinder to install repair sleeves. Engine sat until 2010, when I sent the bare block to a very respectable company called <span style="font-weight: bold">Cast Iron Welding Works</span> in England. They built up the bottom of the cylinders with the same cast iron material as the block by fusion welding. It actually cost more in shipping than the actual repair cost. Once back in the USA, Mike Lewis at <span style="font-weight: bold">Lewis Racing Engines</span> in California sleeved the back two cylinders and did all the necessary machining work, complete rebuild and dyno break in. There were no guarantees with the whole process, but I feel I made the right choices on who performed the work, including Rick Nelson for the final restoration. And the important numbers are still in place. Well, the engine project would have eventually come to light, and it looks like this is the best time for that to happen. The final picture says it all. As I have said all along, "It is what it is" Thanks Rick.
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Henry D.
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