I'm pretty engine illiterate....can I ask whats the difference between a B
block and a W block engine?
Tim
>From: "Brad HALLETT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: L18W enquiries
>Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 14:44:30 +1000
>
>Thanks Errol
>
>I have seen a normal L18 to 90mm, but it took 6 blocks on the ultrasound to
>find the freak that would handle it
>
>88mm suits me fine!
>Brad HALLETT
>Ipswich, Qld
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Errol Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 8:36 AM
>Subject: Re: L18W enquiries
>
>
> > Brad
> > They will usually go safely to 88mm with enough meat left to stop bore
> > flex. The occasional one will go out to 89.5mm. This is the largest L18W
> > bore I have heard of and It eventually split a bore.
> > Cheers
> > Feral Errol
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Brad HALLETT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: L18W enquiries
> > Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 3:47
> >
> > Thrillseekers,
> >
> > Due to a bizarre twist of fate, a local auto wrecker has given me a free
> > complete L18W engine from a 610. I have only seen it at night in the
>car
> > so I have no idea what head is on it but it is a definite W block.
> >
> > I have never had a W block before, as I have always been content
>destroying
> > nomal L18's. I therefore need to know what cylinder wall thicknessesI am
> > looking at, i.e. what can I 'safely' bore it to, and what head will
> > probably be on it. It will be standard as it is on a four door, ll the
> > plates match the stamps, and carb/exhaust are all standard.
> >
> > How hard are the bores? Do they withstand outrageous stroke:rod ratios?
> > Is it better to fit an L20crank or just prep the L18 crank and make it
>rev?
> >
> > I could wait until I pick it up and disassemble it, but where would the
>fun
> > be in that?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Brad
> >
> >
> >
>
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