A few weeks ago, I had my newly rebuilt '66 motor fail about 30 minutes after firing it up. Upon inspection, there are 2 cracks in the #1 cylinder wall. I plan on having the walls thickness tested tomorrow. Can someone tell me the minimum acceptable wall thickness for a 289? The block was 40 over bored, so I know this was close. But nothing speaks like data.......I wish to be able to compare the actual measures to the recommended minumum thickness.
Posts by sstcobra_old
-
-
I am sure someone has dealt with this before, but I have been runnning an aluminum cross flow radiator in my '66. Translation: the radiator outlet is on the drivers side and is therefore a long run to the water pump inlet. Does anyone have a neat way to make this connection? I am currently using some 1 1/2" Copper pipe and a few cut hoses....but it looks prettly ugly. Any neater ideas? Any hoses you have found to do this???