And I wonder if the BGE heads have enough meat for a redrill?
No.
Split a few of these open over the last 4 months to say there is just not enough material, where the bolts need to anchor.
Copy, thought since they were the same casting (BGE and hellcat heads) that maybe the BGE's would have the extra meat as well
That's what I was hoping, but didn't work out that way. we had a customer who brought us two 6.2 hellcats, to endro test some coatings, 1st test had aluminum rods, #3 rod broke 4 mins in to test, broke at the big end, luckily the piston caught on the Ex Valve, wrecked the head, Customer signed off on the bores small scratches and the bottom of the bore had a ..I'll say divot. rod manufacture over nighted us anew set
Mean while the 2nd 6.2 was up and running and holding 6000RPMs , we couldn't locate a hellcat head, local dodge dealer had 1 set of Apache's we couldn't buy just the D-side head had to buy the pair, after some discussing about waiting for the right part, customers money won out over reason...head split after 10 Mins at the mounting surface, machined P-side head, drilled oil drain back, exhaust bolts....head split after 9 mins, ...than there was the blame it on this set Apache heads, you know the "no one makes anything that last" conversation... next day we ordered a 2nd set, same thing....meanwhile the other test motor is swinging away @6k for it's 3rd day( test was 23 a day hours,24th hour fluids changed than restart. once we got a Hellcat head, test was ran, but this engine was constantly 40HP down from stock rod engine.. I'm not saying the rods cost HP, this engine just wasn't right after the rod break...but like I said customer's money out spent reason.
