Alusil refinishing ?

[Cheburator mk2]

blade7 said:

AFAIK The liners are usually cooled in liquid Nitrogen, the block heated in an oven. The liners should be held down during the cooling phase to prevent them moving upwards. I've spoken to Karl a few times but unfortunately Wossner have told him not to supply to Europe now .

You are correct - the oven is big enough to fit a Mercedes Benz truck engine! And yes, they did use liquid nitrogen, and a torque plate when boring the block. To be fair, I had Karl send pistons to a US friend of mine, who then forwarded me the parcel. GBP400 for a set of 944T pistons looked a bit of a bargain to me...

[blade7]

My mum lives in Arizona so Karl could send the pistons there. 104mm custom pistons aren't £400 unfortunately.

[Cheburator mk2]

blade7 said:

My mum lives in Arizona so Karl could send the pistons there. 104mm custom pistons aren't £400 unfortunately.

Ah, there lies the catch. I just bought oversize 100.5 944T pistons, which he had in stock...

[blade7]

£665+... .

[Boosted LS1]

^ Surely that has to be a bargain assuming they came with rings and pins.

[blade7]

If you get stuffed for 20%+ on top it spoils your day though.

[blade7]

LarJammer said:

blade7 said:

Where did you hear about Porsche remaking the engine blocks ?

there was an article in a recent porsche mag.

I never could find out if this was fact, if it is OPC Cambridge didn't try very hard to source one...