I have heard that the seasoned block is less prone to warpage and cylinder
distortion. Seen it in a couple of engine rebuild guides.
Bob King
Pennsville, NJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, November 26, 1999 12:57 AM
Subject: DML: "Seasoned" engine blocks?
>
> I forgot to mention this in my other post about the article
>in MPN. The article said that they use "seasoned" engine blocks
>for the crate motors and short blocks. I took this to mean that
>they are used blocks. They say that an engine is better after
>its first rebuild because the block is now "stress relieved".
>They say a new block can be stress relieved, but thats costly,
>so what they do is to use a "seasoned" block and bore it .020
>over, which is the same thing.
>
> Is this true, or are they just trying to sell us a story?
>
> -Jon-
>
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