[DeTomaso] Info If anyone else has A3 heads

[Will Kooiman]

It's sometimes used to solve porosity problems in aluminum heads.

For a while I wanted Dove Tunnel Port FE heads, but I was worried about the
porosity rumor about their heads.  My engine builder said he had sealed them
successfully by using the vacuum epoxy impregnation method.

I never followed through with the Tunnel Port project.  I traded my car for
a Pantera instead.  ;-)

Will.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Charles Engles
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:10 PM
To: charles buthala
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Info If anyone else has A3 heads

Dear Charles,


                I was sleeping in class again.  Why do we need to take 
perfectly good aluminum cylinder heads available commercially and subject 
them to  extra cost and effort to "impregnate the porosity"?    Someday, I 
will have some aluminum heads and I would assume that I would be able to 
just bolt them on after porting and polishing....... you mean those things 
are defective or something?

                               Confused, Chuck Engles





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charles buthala" <charlesbuthala at yahoo.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 4:08 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Info If anyone else has A3 heads


>I have broken down my A3's and am going to have Baron Industries vacuum 
>impregnate the porosity in the threaded plugs with epoxy.  This is a tried 
>and proven method of sealing up aluminum casting problems in production 
>cylinder heads.  There web site is www.baronindustries.com if anyone is 
>interested or has the same problem.
>  Thanks for not beating me up to bad on my last post on this subject.  Oh 
> by the way the cost for the process is $125 for both heads.
>
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