Thread: Hi Temp damage
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Old 05-29-2020, 03:52 PM   #8
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Default Re: Hi Temp damage

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Originally Posted by old splicer View Post
It got hot enough to put the piston skirts in in the pans and turn a set of edelbrock flats into a puddle. All of it sat under a 3 ft layer of ash for a couple
off weeks. I also had an old braze repair disappear out of combustion chamber as well as some brass plugs.



How about dimensional stability? Are the cylinder bores till round? Are the deck surfaces and pan rails still flat? Valve seat inserts still tight? Are cam and crank bores still straight? If the answers are yes, I'd say it's rebuildable (if no cracks!). Same for the cam and crank.
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