[TR] Aluminum head?

[Paul Dorsey]

Why don't more cars have wet sleeve engines?  What was the weekness of this
idea?

On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 10:19 PM Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks!
>
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 9:18 PM Wbeech at flash.net <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:
>
>> Yes, Moss carries an aluminum head, about $3,000.  I don’t worry about
>> any sequence for loosening, for tightening  use the sequence in the book,
>> after tightening to 50ftlbs tighten in steps of 20ftlbs through the
>> sequence until you get to the specified 105ftlbs.
>> Bill
>>
>> Sent from my IBM 8088
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2019, at 8:10 PM, Paul Dorsey <dorpaul1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Gotcha!  I may be dumb but   I I am dumb, but,I’m no dummy, I don’t have
>> an aluminum head on my motor. Do theymake aluminum heads for our motor or
>> do they? Anyway they’re out of my price range.
>>
>>   As I was loosening the bolts that hold the head on,  I got to thinking,
>> I wonder if there is a sequence for loosening these head nuts .   Metal
>> bends, You know. Perhaps that is more critical for something like aluminum
>> heads.
>>
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