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Re: [TR] Aluminum head?

To: "Wbeech@flash.net" <wbeech@flash.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Aluminum head?
From: Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 22:25:18 -0400
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Why don't more cars have wet sleeve engines?  What was the weekness of this
idea?

On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 10:19 PM Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 9:18 PM Wbeech@flash.net <wbeech@flash.net> wrote:
>
>> Yes, Moss carries an aluminum head, about $3,000.  I don=E2=80=99t worry=
 about
>> any sequence for loosening, for tightening  use the sequence in the book=
,
>> after tightening to 50ftlbs tighten in steps of 20ftlbs through the
>> sequence until you get to the specified 105ftlbs.
>> Bill
>>
>> Sent from my IBM 8088
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2019, at 8:10 PM, Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Gotcha!  I may be dumb but   I I am dumb, but,I=E2=80=99m no dummy, I do=
n=E2=80=99t have
>> an aluminum head on my motor. Do theymake aluminum heads for our motor o=
r
>> do they? Anyway they=E2=80=99re out of my price range.
>>
>>   As I was loosening the bolts that hold the head on,  I got to thinking=
,
>> I wonder if there is a sequence for loosening these head nuts .   Metal
>> bends, You know. Perhaps that is more critical for something like alumin=
um
>> heads.
>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Why don&#39;t more cars have wet sleeve engines?=C2=A0 Wha=
t was the weekness of this idea?</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 10:19 PM Paul Dorsey=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dorpaul1@gmail.com";>dorpaul1@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote=
:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.=
8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"lt=
r">Thanks!=C2=A0<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 9:18 PM <a href=3D"mailto:Wbeech=
@flash.net" target=3D"_blank">Wbeech@flash.net</a> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:wb=
eech@flash.net" target=3D"_blank">wbeech@flash.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div>=
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Yes, Moss carries an alum=
inum head, about $3,000.=C2=A0 I don=E2=80=99t worry about any sequence for=
 loosening, for tightening=C2=A0 use the sequence in the book, after tighte=
ning to 50ftlbs tighten in steps of 20ftlbs through the sequence until you =
get to the specified 105ftlbs.=C2=A0 <br>
Bill<br>
<br>
Sent from my IBM 8088<br>
<br>
On Sep 2, 2019, at 8:10 PM, Paul Dorsey &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dorpaul1@gmai=
l.com" target=3D"_blank">dorpaul1@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
Gotcha!=C2=A0 I may be dumb but=C2=A0 =C2=A0I I am dumb, but,I=E2=80=99m no=
 dummy, I don=E2=80=99t have an aluminum head on my motor. Do theymake alum=
inum heads for our motor or do they? Anyway they=E2=80=99re out of my price=
 range.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 As I was loosening the bolts that hold the head on,=C2=A0 I got to t=
hinking, I wonder if there is a sequence for loosening these head nuts .=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0Metal bends, You know. Perhaps that is more critical for somethin=
g like aluminum heads.<br>
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