dry deck materials help
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Hiya im looking to possibly build up a dry deck engine and also a friend is doing a bmw head conversion. I have hear people using various different materials and different types of plugs. i understand that ideally you want a material that expands at the same rate or slightly quicker to keep a good seal. I had been told to get cast iron thread but i cant find anywhere also been told of brass plugs which are bit easier to find. Has anyone got any advice or links to where i could get the bits.
Thanks James

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Mate i just use Grub srews in my block that i got off ebay, Me and T@z will be doing this soon on his head and block, I was thinking we could do a How To on it.

simon.

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

I used brass and sat it about half a mm below the deck, if I ever want to remove them to use a std head I can just unwind them out.

cheers for the quick replys. i hadn't thought of that for some reason i had in my head everything had to be flush for the k head but if were going to use the bk450 there's no real reason. cheers

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the how to would be good, i am also thinking of doing this. so it would be a great help :)

i have drilled and tapped 2 block and 4 heads, grub screws and cut down bolts with slots cut in
M8/M14/M16 are the threads you need

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my mini and engine have a healthy mix . everything i have changed has gone metric

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Yeh we can do a how to; thats a good idea simon. Try and get it done for the end of Dec

It ain't difficult. How to:

where did you get the allen head brass bungs???

I was thinking some of these would be perfect, as I started reading the thread. Then found your pictures.
I was also thinking that some brass bungs with a slot cut in them if I can't fine allen head ones, which isn't so good.

i found this site a while ago for plugs for my oil galleries. i completly forgot about it untill i saw that pic.

Edited by jlay on 31st Oct, 2012.

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what about the big fuck off hole in the end of the head? end mill?

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[quote=fab,8th Oct, 2010]fuck off

How do you hold the head upright to mill the hole?!

Also what size plugs are best to use? (My block is buried at the mo)

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Edited by apbellamy on 1st Nov, 2012.

I thought some would still be using imperial, I guess nothing wrong with going metric though!

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Imperial equivelants (sp?) Are available if you google it. i have imperial core plug grub screws but lost my tap for them

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Bit of a bump, You guys all use tapered plugs? Or just standard thread with lots of loctite?

just loctite on mine

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yeah just a bit of locktite,

dont even need that much really, its not going anywhere, sespecialy if you screw it down to the bottom of the tapped thread.

Perfect cheers.

Do these need to be brass? Or could I use stainless steel?


Thanks
Josh

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