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10/10/2004
09:03:00

Subject: Aluminum Blocks
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Does anyone here know if there are aftermarket aluminum blocks available for late model magnum engines?



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10/10/2004
12:47:58

RE: Aluminum Blocks
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I've never heard of any. Not sure if the demand is there for alum blocks.



gen1dak
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10/10/2004
22:38:47

RE: Aluminum Blocks
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Mopar Performance markets 4 aluminum "A" engine race blocks for wedge heads and two for P5 heads.



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10/11/2004
00:30:19

RE: Aluminum Blocks
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Surely those can't street/emissions friendly blocks are they?



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10/11/2004
01:37:33

RE: Aluminum Blocks
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uh, no. Aluminum engine blocks are typically race only, as they don't have the strength of the Iron, imagine having an overheating issue on a daily driver with a aluminum engine.... can you say "warped block" ?



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10/11/2004
08:32:44

RE: Aluminum Blocks
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Alum. blocks race only ? Where have you been the last twenty + years.? The ricers have used them for a long time, and now the domestics are also. Ever hear or the GM LS 1, LS 2. Every Vette has had an all alum since approx 1997.





gen1dak
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10/11/2004
17:56:04

RE: Aluminum Blocks
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More than 20 years. More like over 40 years in the auto world. The earliest all-aluminum blocks I know of were in the early 60's. Been a while since I read about them so I don't recall the exact years, but Mopar made an aluminum block slant 6 (no cam bearings necessary!!!), and Buick had an aluminum V8 that has found itself in homebuilt aircraft applications in more recent years. Both were at least 40 years ago.



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10/11/2004
18:25:17

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yeah, i remember the aluminum slant6, they just did a nice write up on it in one of the mopar magazines. i forget which one tho. yeah gen1, ditto on the 40 years.



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