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1. Chrome Bores... (score: 1): Author: "Rich Atherton" <gumby@connectexpress.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 19:23:19 -0800; let us NOT forget the plight of the early Chevy Vega's with their Aluminum engines, and their aluminum Chrome plated bores. They were designed to last several hundred thousand miles, and did in their; /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00061.html (7,631 bytes)
2. Re: Chrome Bores... (score: 1): Author: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>; Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 21:47:16 -0800; Rich, Had a Vega, and the Porsche. Porsche solved that problem in the late 50's, and included little dimples in the walls to retain the oil. The secret, then, was how to chrome aluminum and have it s; /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00064.html (8,080 bytes)
3. RE: Chrome Bores... (score: 1): Author: "Fraser, Ron" <Ron.Fraser@usa.xerox.com>; Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 09:40:00 -0500; I never saw any Chrome in the bores of the Chevy Vega Aluminum engines. I worked at the engine assembly plant in Buffalo N.Y. the summer of 1972. The process was to infuse a silicon compound into the; /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00075.html (8,178 bytes)
4. Re: Chrome Bores... (score: 1): Author: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 14:55:45 -0800; Ron, Ours was a '75 Vega as well, and I am sure it was iron sleeves. Ran OK, as long as I used JB Weld to seal up the crack in the head that leaked water. Don't laugh, it worked. Steve -- Steve Laifm; /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00076.html (8,352 bytes)
5. RE: Chrome Bores... (score: 1): Author: "Tom B. Ballou" <tbballou@sherwin.rmc.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 17:02:27 -0600; Ron, you are right. The Vega did not have Chromed cylinder bores, nor did it use chrome rings. The block was cast from a high silicon aluminum alloy. The surfaces of the bores were then leached to re; /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00077.html (9,065 bytes)
6. Re: Chrome Bores... (score: 1): Author: "Rich Atherton" <gumby@connectexpress.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 17:46:04 -0800; Since I never had one, I was going by what I had been told. I stand corrected on the cylinder wall coating material or composition. I had also been told that they had used the chrome rings for the ex; /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00082.html (8,378 bytes)
7. Re: Chrome Bores... (score: 1): Author: Paul Burr <tigerpb@ids.net>; Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 21:03:20 -0500; Ah, the Vega, the embodiment of GM's "Let the Customer Do the R&D Work" philosophy. My mom bought an new Vega in '73. Within one year, the tops of the front fenders had rotted through and the rear va; /html/tigers/1998-11/msg00084.html (7,611 bytes)

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