New Block thread on H.A.M.B.

[bambooboy]

as many have problems with cooling,will the alum block be an improvement on the original? if Tod's smart he will go back to the Hamb.

[Tod]

Originally Posted by bambooboy

as many have problems with cooling,will the alum block be an improvement on the original? if Tod's smart he will go back to the Hamb.

I still post on the HAM.


Tod

[Synchro909]

I congratulate Todd on this venture and wish him the best with it. I have been told that the best cast iron to use when making an engine block is an old engine block. They have been through the hot/cold cycle many times and that, I’m told causes the granular structure of the metal to change for the better. If all of that is true, there will be no shortage of scrap Model A blocks with a new purpose - feedstock for Todd’s new ones.
I’m no metallurgist and only have what I have been told to go on. The above may be all B S I have been told, hence this proviso but if true, don’t throw those old blocks away. Who knows, the numbers as well as the metal might be recycleable.