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On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 23:08, John Jaranson wrote: > > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/SophysEngine/SophysEngine.html > > The rest of the case looks really good. There is no other evidence of > it throwing a rod or anything. I haven't measured the case to see if > it has been align bored or not. It doesn't appear to have been decked > or anything. > > Assuming the rest of the case checks out OK, any issues or concerns > with using this case for a 74mm or 78.8mm x 90.5 rebuild? I will have > the case prepped for a rebuild including case savers, shuffle pins, > align bore if necessary, decked, cylinder holes opened up, full flowed, > etc. > > What would have caused a small hole or crack here? that engine has probably had a dropped valve or something got between the rod and the case at one time. If you see no other cracks or damage, and it wasn't leaking oil there, then I would worry about it. Unless in some of the machine work for your stroker, they get into that area. > > Later, > John Jaranson > '66 Square (Sophy) > '71 Fasty (Jane - darkside project in waiting) > various parts.....don't we all. > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/jaransonT3/ > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/2004Invasion/ > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/notavwclub/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org