Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:40:01 -0300 From: Dexter J <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Adding turbo to non-turbo engine...
Salutations: Grunff wrote: > > Dexter J wrote: > > > Anyway - brother Grunff - I had always thought the blocks were cast iron - > > not steel. I understand that to mean two different things. Am I missing > > something, you know, again?.. > > Aha! This is something I've read about. I don't have the ref. to > hand, but one piece of info about Saab's own blocks was that > they were in fact made of cast carbon steel, not cast iron (the > main difference being that steel has a lower carbon content than > cast iron). > > This is more expensive than the mainstream cast iron production > material, and was (is?) used by only a handful of manufacturers. > It makes the blocks significantly tougher. > > -- > Grunff Thx brother Grunff - yet another tick on the 'fix her properly and keep her' side of the ledger. Much appreciated.. -- J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Margret/Hirt - Baby Its Cold Outside http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/099.RAM