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Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] Re: 1500 Engine needed near Maryland

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Subject: Re: [spitfire-enthusiast] Re: 1500 Engine needed near Maryland
From: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 23:06:28 -0500
If it was just a rod through the block, I could weld that up.  But this one
jammed the rod against the block, cracking the block up the left side,
through the oil galley, and across the water jacket, twisting it in the
process.  It may be cracked under the cylinder liner as well, but I don't
know.  Welding or stitching just isn't reasonable with this kind of damage.

Other damage rather precludes the use of a replacement block.  The
crankshaft is iffy on being reground (previous hack work at hot rodding by
dpo), etc.  It's more cost effective to simply replace the engine with
another used one.

JustBrits@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 12/14/2000 8:33:41 PM Central Standard Time,
> npenney@erols.com writes:
>
> <<  got a cracked block in my fathers Spitfire >>
>
> er, wanna 'splain what ya mean??, Nolan??
>
> WHAT is "cracked"??  Rod blown thu the side of the block??
>
> There "might" be other "cures".
>
>      Ed
>
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