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Re: HP Hemi block??
[Re: Monte_Smith]
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12/03/14 07:19 PM
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Sounds as though this guy was expecting a STOCK replacement block and it wasn't. And guess what, it wasn't supposed to be. An aftermarket aluminum block, should be BETTER than a stock block by a bunch, or what is the point in having it. If I want stock, I will buy stock, but if I am buying an alum aftermarket block, I want the improvements that we all know they need.
Now while I have not actually assembled one of the HP HEMI blocks, I have looked at them very closely and to me they look like a really nice piece and I would not hesitate to buy one
Monte
Monte HP makes both Iron and Alum. blocks .
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Re: HP Hemi block??
[Re: GomangoCuda]
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12/03/14 07:24 PM
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The only issues I see with the BLOCK, other than a an oil port that was not the same size as the factory on the side for you idiot light/gauge adapter , is there use of possibly the wrong dowels pins ? If you don't have a dowel pin puller the dowels don't just fall out .
John, I think he put the wrong dowels in, not the builder and certainly no fault of the block.
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I had to install offset dowels for the bell housing, and almost ruined the block when I had to drill them out. I suspect they were Ford dowels.
I wasn't sure if it was the builder or him , but anyone that has ever tried to use the typical lakewood offset dowel learns ppretty quickly that they are FORD dowels considering they are LABELED as FORD/Mopar dowels , you can't turn them once they are in the block.
For the record Mopar Dowels are .496 , Ford .500 ... just an FYI , the 1/2 steel dowel stock at Home Depot is about .496 , if you need offset dowels the RobbMc adjuastable dowel is the only way to fly .
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Re: HP Hemi block??
[Re: JohnRR]
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12/03/14 10:57 PM
12/03/14 10:57 PM
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I didn't put the dowels in they did, I had to pull them out to install the adjustable dowels. I'm not all torqued up about no sticking oil hole either. Well, yes I am. I am getting tired of everybody asking the same questions over, and over, and over, when all they had to do is read my responses, and be able to understand english.
I went back and reread what I said, I said the block could be a good thing if it was done right. The hole for the dist bushing was all machined wrong, and to the point that they had to make a spacer to put in the hole, and when I removed the dist the spacer popped back in the valley. I didn't know that that spacer was in there. And this stuff just keeps going on, and on. What I am harping on is that there is more to this than I can put here. If all of the short comings have been addressed, AND there are 50 blocks sitting on a shelf ready to go, then it might be all right. Answer that question.
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