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37 Posts Member #: 5037 Member |
27th May, 2014 at 10:57:59am
Is it possible to just dry deck the block ? and leave head alone , ie no filling holes / welding / distorting ?
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Site Admin  9407 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
27th May, 2014 at 11:09:22am
I guess it would be, but why bother doing half a job? On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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37 Posts Member #: 5037 Member |
27th May, 2014 at 11:11:30am
my dad is just worried about head distortion i think .. as it looks alike allot of welding needed.
Edited by 16vmini on 27th May, 2014. |
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 8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
27th May, 2014 at 11:56:36am
the head will be fine. you need to preheat the whole head before welding it though otherwise you can get hair line cracks forming as it cools unevenley. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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37 Posts Member #: 5037 Member |
27th May, 2014 at 11:58:53am
so .. what are the down sides to not blocking head , assume still prone to head gasket failure still ? |
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8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
27th May, 2014 at 02:09:16pm
it kind defeats the object of dry decking, as you are still relying on the head gasket to seal the water and oil from the cylinders. with a standard dry deck, any head gasket failure will still prevent water/oil contamination. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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37 Posts Member #: 5037 Member |
27th May, 2014 at 02:26:39pm
fair point , and all noted.
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 1030 Posts Member #: 1291 Post Whore Suffolk / Birmingham |
27th May, 2014 at 06:21:46pm
Thing is you need to weld it anyway to do the conversion! Once its hot it takes 10 mins to do the full job.. |
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Forum Mod 10980 Posts Member #: 17 ***16*** SouthPark, Colorado |
27th May, 2014 at 09:42:03pm
Die grind the edges of the water ways, pre-heat, build one layer of weld all around all the holes using 4043 filler and the appropriate balance to get a clean weld. Clean again, then weld back to back (adjust balance up) to plug the holes... I found it realllllly easy, but everything seems easy with this welder tbh (OK, everything apart from getting the rainbow welds in stainless lol)... Edited by turbodave16v on 27th May, 2014. On 17th Nov, 2014 Tom Fenton said:
Sorry to say My Herpes are no better Ready to feel Ancient ??? This is 26 years old as of 2022 https://youtu.be/YQQokcoOzeY |
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Site Admin 9407 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
27th May, 2014 at 10:23:11pm
that's because your crap dave On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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Forum Mod 10980 Posts Member #: 17 ***16*** SouthPark, Colorado |
27th May, 2014 at 11:26:51pm
Ah, yes. That's the problem. Fuckyou very much lol On 17th Nov, 2014 Tom Fenton said:
Sorry to say My Herpes are no better Ready to feel Ancient ??? This is 26 years old as of 2022 https://youtu.be/YQQokcoOzeY |
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Site Admin 9407 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
29th May, 2014 at 09:35:25am
some serious work going on here:
On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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 976 Posts Member #: 3228 Post Whore North of the Netherlands |
29th May, 2014 at 12:00:55pm
On 29th May, 2014 Jimster said:
some serious work going on here: http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/weldin...nder-heads.html Amazing! Those last "Before - After" pictures....! 
Dazed and Confused.... |
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 9502 Posts Member #: 1023 Post Whore Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
29th May, 2014 at 07:35:59pm
On 29th May, 2014 Jimster said:
some serious work going on here: http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/weldin...nder-heads.html im just starting out learning to tig, and this is fantastic Yes i moved to the darkside |
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Site Admin 9407 Posts Member #: 58 455bhp per ton 12 sec 1/4 mile road legal mini Sunny Bridgend, South Wales |
30th May, 2014 at 08:29:18am
took me ages to make that video On 15th May, 2009 TurboDave said:
I think the welsh one has it right! 1st to provide running proof of turbo twinkie in a car and first to run a 1/4 in one!! Is your data backed up?? one extra month free for all Turbo minis members, PM me for detials |
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46 Posts Member #: 9934 Member south wales |
30th May, 2014 at 08:56:22am
That's a great vid Jim..if I pop my k100 head d!own could you show me how you do it ???? |
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