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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by camaroandreas
No. It has alu block that doesn´t hold for much at all
I thought they were cast blocks.....well that sucks. Which was the last year of the iron blocks then?
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Originally Posted by ninetres
Was I the only one who DIDN'T think the video was cool???? Only thing more boring than a chassis dyno video is an engine dyno video. Sorry guys
Boooo....hiss....lol
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by DrTurbo
I thought they were cast blocks.....well that sucks. Which was the last year of the iron blocks then?
Last year is 95. Except M3 e46 that still have cast iron blocks.
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 01:43 AM
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Camaroandreas, whats the problem with the ally block? are they open deck? i know the volvo guys are getting OK results from the 5 pot White Blocks (open deck). also the scooby guys aren't have much trouble making power.

Chris.
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 02:40 AM
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Head studs pops out of the threads and cylinder wall cracks.
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by camaroandreas
Head studs pops out of the threads and cylinder wall cracks.
Bloody hell! whats the Max power you can get out of one before this starts to happen?
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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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Well Andreas ,I helped a little more than "just sold him the turbo"...
But it is Mattias that built/ownes the motor. I think we can extract a little more
from it with some reoptimizing.
/Christer
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