mcerd1
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 11:16 AM |
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I'm an idiot....
over the last few years I've been making very slow progress on the car (in between all the usual excuses of having 2 kids, getting married and
the house etc....)
but recently I've been tying to push on and get the engine finished so that I can drop it into the chassis for a trial fit and finalise some of
the panels and odds and sods that will need to fit around it and the gearbox.
but then last week I suddenly realised that I had 2 spare engine blocks (effectively scrap) that have been sitting out in the shed since the year
before I started this car - perfect for a dummy build, yet I never even though of doing that for years...
Even watching things like project binky using scrap blocks for exactly this reason didn't make me think of it 
 
Scrap pinto block
 
Dummy engine + box setup
 
dummy engine in
 
Gearbox in
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nick205
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 11:42 AM |
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Don't knock yourself for it!
Find a local scrappy, weigh the scrap blocks in a for a few quid, get a cold beer and focus on the next job 
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roadrunner
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 12:22 PM |
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Welcome to the club😁
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russbost
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 12:26 PM |
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The man who has never made a mistake has never made anything ................
I've made 1000's, the important thing is how you put them right! 
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40inches
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 12:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
The man who has never made a mistake has never made anything ................
I've made 1000's, the important thing is how you put them right!
And learning from them!
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nick205
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 02:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
The man who has never made a mistake has never made anything ................
I've made 1000's, the important thing is how you put them right!
Well said - for me most learning comes from realising you've done it wrong and doing it better next time!
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r1_pete
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 03:30 PM |
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Leaving blocks to ‘age’ like that actually improves them, as they rust the internal stresses reduce resulting in a stronger block.
BMW used to do this whith their blocks destined for racing, there was a story they used to store them behind the workshop and encourage workers to waz
on them to speed up the process...
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mcerd1
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 03:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by r1_pete
Leaving blocks to ‘age’ like that actually improves them, as they rust the internal stresses reduce resulting in a stronger block.
BMW used to do this whith their blocks destined for racing, there was a story they used to store them behind the workshop and encourage workers to waz
on them to speed up the process...
In that case anyone want a couple of 'matured' 20 pinto blocks
[Edited on 14/2/2018 by mcerd1]
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steve m
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| posted on 14/2/18 at 06:46 PM |
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"In that case anyone want a couple of 'matured' 20 pinto blocks "
try the boat yards, they seem to like Pinto's more than we do
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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