[DeTomaso] New 351C blocks
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wkooiman at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 20 22:53:04 EDT 2009
In case you haven't heard, Tod Buttermore has poured his first aluminum 351C block.
Here are some pics: http://www.network54.com/Forum/119419/thread/1240196683/The+New+Cleveland+Block
The machined block is iron. The aluminum block is near the bottom of the thread.
Take a look in the lifter valley near the back of the block. There's a crossover passage. I don't know how the entire oiling system works, but it's supposed to be a priority main system - probably similar to the SVO race blocks.
There's another thread on network54 where Tod explains that he has to heat treat the block, and then machine it.
We may have aluminum and iron 351C blocks available by the end of the summer.
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