Billet LS...HUH
Billet LS...BLOCK! heres a few spy picks i took with my phone at work the last week or so. sorry about the quality phone only has 1.3 megapixel.
Last edited by pman; Jan 19, 2006 at 06:16 PM.
Staging Lane
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From: Michigan
Originally Posted by Twizted
bling bling...how $
Our blocks are not made from 6061. They are a special billet with a higher ultimate strength that can also be parent metal plated with nikasil. 6061 cannot be plated as it has a tendency to flake off when run.
Al
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You might want to look up LSM... they do pretty mean cam stuff and billet blocks for a lot of things. I think they did a billet STEEL Cat block for tractor pullers. You don't wanna ask how much.
Bret
Bret
Staging Lane
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From: Michigan
Originally Posted by SStrokerAce
You might want to look up LSM... they do pretty mean cam stuff and billet blocks for a lot of things. I think they did a billet STEEL Cat block for tractor pullers. You don't wanna ask how much.
Bret
Bret
Our first billet block was a B-series Cummins diesel block made from 43 rockwell 4140 billet steel. Machining material that hard was challenging to say the least, but we got it done in time to display at PRI last year. The customer was using it for a tractor pull application so weight was not a factor. With the thinnest section in the entire block at .400", it was as thick as some armor plating on military vehicles, so you could say it literally was bullet-proof. Race Engine Technology magazine ended up doing a short write-up on it titled "The World's Strongest Engine Block"
Al
i have a "billet" block, as do most of the people on this forum 
bil·let2
n.
1. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
2. One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used horizontally as ornamentation in the moldings of Norman architecture.
3.
1. A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
2. A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
4.
1. The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
2. A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.
anything that is cast and is one piece such as ls1 etc blocks can be called billet
some more info
http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/tec...let_explained/
bil·let2
n.
1. A short, thick piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
2. One of a series of regularly spaced, log-shaped segments used horizontally as ornamentation in the moldings of Norman architecture.
3.
1. A small, usually rectangular bar of iron or steel in an intermediate stage of manufacture.
2. A small ingot of nonferrous metal.
4.
1. The part of a harness strap that passes through a buckle.
2. A loop or pocket for securing the end of a buckled harness strap.
anything that is cast and is one piece such as ls1 etc blocks can be called billet
some more info
http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/tec...let_explained/
Staging Lane
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From: Michigan
Originally Posted by SStrokerAce
I haven't seen the article yet but I did see the block in person and was impressed!
What issue of Race Engine Tech is it?
Bret
What issue of Race Engine Tech is it?
Bret
Al
