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Old 01-20-2015, 02:09 PM   #7
78F350
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Getting a little OT: Disposable engine...

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Originally Posted by JFP in PA View Post
STOP RIGHT THERE! The cam covers and cylinderheads on these engine's are machined as a unit; they cannot be moved from one cylinder head to another without encountering misaligned cam bores, etc. Don't even try it, it won't work.
I don't understand how with modern computer driven machining they won't make parts like this to be interchangeable. Makes me picture some guy putting the head in a vise and boring it with a big hand drill.
I will like mine 'till the engine has it's eventual catastrophic failure. I don't think the replacement engine will be an M96.
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