davegt500 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 In the event of cylinder wall damage to the new aluminum block....how would it be repaired? Bore, weld, bore, respray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EL SHELBY Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 My guess; Replacing the entire block. I'm guessing it would be cheaper then having the cylinder repaired if the coating was damaged. I would also assume that once people start going crazy with HP on these new motors that they will have the cylinders sleeved in the same manner as the Ford GT blocks, though I understand that the coatings allow these motors to take a hell of a beating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010KonaBlueGT Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 In the event of cylinder wall damage to the new aluminum block....how would it be repaired? Bore, weld, bore, respray? Early on, just after the release of the 2011 sprayed block, someone posted a article with information in it regarding a program Ford has in place for repairing or reconditioning the bores in the blocks. From what I remember, it will only be a STOCK size bore repair, not a overbore but at least it keeps the block from being a throw-away item if the bore is scored. As for broken blocks, we repair our aluminium racing blocks all the time. I've seen some pretty nasty holes patched. BUT, having said that, we also use blocks that are filled and don't have water in most of the lower part of the block. Some of them are filled to within a inch of the deck just to allow water to be transfered for the head water jackets. I'm not sure how a repair would work on a block with a "double wall" for water to flow through. Phill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezareth Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 In the event of cylinder wall damage to the new aluminum block....how would it be repaired? Bore, weld, bore, respray? Respray. First we need to find a block with cylinder wall damage. Mine could be the first considering it's overheated 3 times but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegt500 Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Early on, just after the release of the 2011 sprayed block, someone posted a article with information in it regarding a program Ford has in place for repairing or reconditioning the bores in the blocks. From what I remember, it will only be a STOCK size bore repair, not a overbore but at least it keeps the block from being a throw-away item if the bore is scored. As for broken blocks, we repair our aluminium racing blocks all the time. I've seen some pretty nasty holes patched. BUT, having said that, we also use blocks that are filled and don't have water in most of the lower part of the block. Some of them are filled to within a inch of the deck just to allow water to be transfered for the head water jackets. I'm not sure how a repair would work on a block with a "double wall" for water to flow through. Phill What are the blocks filled with? How are they filled? (Questions of ignorance. Didn't know race blocks were filled.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHELBYCS6 Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 My guess; Replacing the entire block. I'm guessing it would be cheaper then having the cylinder repaired if the coating was damaged. I would also assume that once people start going crazy with HP on these new motors that they will have the cylinders sleeved in the same manner as the Ford GT blocks, though I understand that the coatings allow these motors to take a hell of a beating. Remember, this technology has been around for quite some time now and Ford has tested to something like a million mile cycle without incident. Also..Nissan has leased this technology from Ford for their GTR engines since the original bulids and I've never heard of GTR's smoking a block even around 1000 hp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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