Re: Indy aluminum blocks
[Re: fbs63]
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08/26/18 01:08 PM
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Indy says the water blocks are good to 1500. I think Bob,the guy with the Procharged 69 Dart broke an early one but he was at 1800+ hp on alcohol. That's a lot I know of a ford fellow racer that runs a dart block with a turbo that run 1500 hp but he has concreted the block O-ring the heads/block , thought that was a bit much but.
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Re: Indy aluminum blocks
[Re: racerx]
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08/26/18 01:10 PM
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[quote=racerx]Really didn't what to do a aluminum block but there aren't a lot of choices there, but curios what type of power people were putting though them. Thought I read that Indy were going to start producing cast iron blocks in the next couple years hope there some truth to this [/quote First off unless your class requires it why in heck whould you pick cast iron over aluminum. That’s like picking lead over helium
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Re: Indy aluminum blocks
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08/26/18 06:46 PM
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[quote=racerx]Really didn't what to do a aluminum block but there aren't a lot of choices there, but curios what type of power people were putting though them. Thought I read that Indy were going to start producing cast iron blocks in the next couple years hope there some truth to this [/quote First off unless your class requires it why in heck whould you pick cast iron over aluminum. That’s like picking lead over helium It's not a class car , round here it's a run what you brung type thing and I prefer to do a cast type block over aluminum . You have a KB block you willing to part with it?
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Re: Indy aluminum blocks
[Re: racerx]
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08/26/18 08:03 PM
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[quote=racerx]Really didn't what to do a aluminum block but there aren't a lot of choices there, but curios what type of power people were putting though them. Thought I read that Indy were going to start producing cast iron blocks in the next couple years hope there some truth to this [/quote First off unless your class requires it why in heck whould you pick cast iron over aluminum. That’s like picking lead over helium It's not a class car , round here it's a run what you brung type thing and I prefer to do a cast type block over aluminum . You have a KB block you willing to part with it? Aaaaaaaaa NO. 😂
1970 Duster Edelbrock headed 408 5.984@112.52 422 Indy headed small block 5.982@112.56 mph 9.42@138.27
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Re: Indy aluminum blocks
[Re: racerx]
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08/28/18 01:39 PM
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Casting Iron blocks is the easy part. Getting someone to machine them is a whole other issue. They are hard on equipment and that's where the costs lie after the core boxes are done.
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Re: Indy aluminum blocks
[Re: racerx]
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08/28/18 04:12 PM
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How far off are we from getting Keith Black blocks off the shelf? I e-mailed a couple of there suppliers about a low deck block but never heard back...would it not be the best block for a say a 1500hp build currently?
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Re: Indy aluminum blocks
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08/28/18 07:31 PM
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More KBs are about 12 to 15 weeks out.The lowdeck will not be available for the future although that could change with PROVEN demand. It is true that several lowdecks were made for some of the back ordered pieces, but these were a total nightmare,and insane to produce from a cost standpoint. I have the first wedge that I have done from soup to nuts ready to put some fire in the hole in the next day or so. I will say SO far I have been pretty happy with the way it went together. NOt a total fire breather but motor should make around 880 to 900. We shall see and I will let you guys know what I find. Todd that would be good to see/hear Todd Tex
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Re: Indy aluminum blocks
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08/28/18 07:47 PM
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More KBs are about 12 to 15 weeks out.The lowdeck will not be available for the future although that could change with PROVEN demand. It is true that several lowdecks were made for some of the back ordered pieces, but these were a total nightmare,and insane to produce from a cost standpoint. I have the first wedge that I have done from soup to nuts ready to put some fire in the hole in the next day or so. I will say SO far I have been pretty happy with the way it went together. NOt a total fire breather but motor should make around 880 to 900. We shall see and I will let you guys know what I find. Todd Thanks for the info... post the RB build if you don’t mind.
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Re: Indy aluminum blocks
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08/28/18 08:22 PM
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