junkyard 396ss coolant advice

[David Hunt]

Before you welders say that ain't possible,  the technique is to preheat the
cast metal to about 800 degrees and it will weld!  You CAN repair cast iron
blocks, heads and other deivces.  It is possible (I don't know) that Smokey
created the process.

dh



----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Tisdale" <btisdale at cybersol.com>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: junkyard 396ss coolant advice


> Ol' Smokey Yunick built some engines & heads w/ this in mind.  He'd saw
the
> block/head apart, fit copper tubes inside to direct the water where
needed,
> weld it back together & refinish it in 'raw cast iron' look to hide the
> welds.  Now that is going to a *lot* of trouble, but it worked very well.
>
> Barry
>
> At 03:50 PM 8/28/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >The coolant is exposed to temps in the range of 500dF around the exhuast
> >valve seat / guide areas (SBC, at about 1 HP/CID).  It is real easy to
flash
> >the coolant into steam in those areas.
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