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Re: [Spridgets] Cement in the engine?

To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Cement in the engine?
From: Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:53:14 -0800
Thanks. .

Kirk

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>wrote:

> On 11/19/2010 5:15 PM, Kirk Hargreaves wrote:
>
>  Anyone ever heard of such a thing?
>>
>
> My machine shop guy showed me an engine filled with cement.
> It was an extremely high performance engine he was building.
> I was a bit taken back by it when he explained how it dissipates the heat
> better, strengthens the lower end of the block from too large a bore, but it
> does make it a little heavier.
> It all made sense when he showed me and explained it as a machinist only
> knows how to explain it.
>
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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