Once you cut the holes in the head to be able to get to the cylinder
bores, I don't think there would be enough structural integrity left
for it to be of much help. Joe(B)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dardano" <19to1tr6@comcast.net>
To: "elliottd" <elliott@videotron.ca>; "Mark J. Bradakis"
<mjb@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: What's a Torque Plate?
> Ya same question as Don! do you hone threw it from the top. Seems
like there
> maybe a few motors out there that have been honed with out a plate 3
> different builders and no one has charged me to make one up but the
motors
> have been fine well at least one of them was fine If you are comming
in from
> the top could you slice up an old head and use that ??----- Original
> Message -----
> From: "elliottd" <elliott@videotron.ca>
> To: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: What's a Torque Plate?
>
>
> > Like they used to say on Rowan and Martin, "Veerrrry interesting
!"
> Besides
> > the holes for the studs to torque the "torque plate" down, are
there any
> > other holes in the plate to facilitate the honing operation ? Or
is this
> > done fron the sump side ?
> >
> > Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark J. Bradakis" <mjb@autox.team.net>
> > To: <fot@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:14 PM
> > Subject: Re: What's a Torque Plate?
> >
> >
> > > > Can someone explain to me the purpose of a torque plate?
> > >
> > > A torque plate is a big chunk of metal that approximates a
cylinder
> > > head. basically, when a head is torqued down on a block the
stresses
> > > are such that the bores are a slightly different shape
comparedto the
> > > shape when they block is not bolted to a head. A torque plate
is used
> > > so that the block is stressed similar to having the head bolted
on, so
> > > boring results in a more accurately round cylinder with the head
in
> > > place, which is the condition where you want it to be round.
Well,
> > > unless you have elliptical pistons.
> > >
> > > In short
> > >
> > > No torque plate: bore is round with no head, not round with
head.
> > > With torque plate: bore is round with head, not round with no
head.
> > >
> > > mjb.
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