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Title: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: fekbmax on June 22, 2019, 09:53:39 PM

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F163747019550

Also looks like possibly a crack at #3 main. 

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: GJCAT427 on June 23, 2019, 04:39:53 AM

Looks like a second stress crack just below the first one 90*. I wonder what caused it to crack in the first place? Could be Tig welded and re drilled.

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: wowens on June 23, 2019, 06:28:26 AM

This may be why no BBM aluminum blocks on the market. Appears to be cast exactly as the iron block.

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: GJCAT427 on June 23, 2019, 07:31:16 AM

Could be casting flash In that #3 main area. Hard to tell without a closer picture.

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: Barry_R on June 23, 2019, 09:32:07 AM

Repairable.  Not sure how you do that in the first place.  Dropped it with studs on?  Hydraulic locked bolt?

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: machoneman on June 23, 2019, 09:33:26 AM

Odd, very odd it cracked after it was run-in and not at initial torquing. Can be fixed but......

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: e philpott on June 23, 2019, 10:02:12 AM

It seem to have a sturdy main Saddle bulkhead based on the pictures compared to Ponds aluminum block . Sure is a weird place for a crack

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: C8OZ on June 23, 2019, 10:12:57 AM

I wonder if a front motor plate changes the loads in that area at all.

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: My427stang on June 23, 2019, 12:34:46 PM

Quote from: Barry_R on June 23, 2019, 09:32:07 AM

Repairable.  Not sure how you do that in the first place.  Dropped it with studs on?  Hydraulic locked bolt?

I bet you are right.  Had a Honda SCCA racer guy come to me for a build, (yuk, but might do it for something different LOL) broke a block because he oiled the studs "real good" and then tightened them by double nutting them.......    :o

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: mbrunson427 on June 25, 2019, 12:44:12 PM

Talked to a friend about this....he's confident it could be repaired, but would need to dig away that whole corner and build it all back up.

So if anyone is wondering, it is repairable, but needs to be done by someone pretty dang good.

Title: Re: I'm sure some of you guys have seen this
Post by: CDXXVII on July 02, 2019, 11:49:19 AM

Somebody got the whole pack for less than $3000?