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Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/29/15 12:57 p.m.

Passing on the car anyways, but all this LSjuan talk is making my hootus feel like it'll never work properly again.

And not in a good way.

novaderrik
novaderrik UltimaDork
4/29/15 1:28 p.m.

LSjuan?

i was thinking more LS4 with some LS7 and LS9 parts thrown in for good measure..

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/29/15 1:32 p.m.

LS-anything. Not my bag. Completely uninterested in it in the context of my light scalpel-like sports cars.

In the Cherokee? Would love. Can not afford. (Rather, not willing to pay the astronomical amount of money to get one in there.)

I want a 4.8 in the Cherokee so badly, but haven't found a way to do it that doesn't involve many thousands of dollars.

turboswede
turboswede MegaDork
4/29/15 2:34 p.m.
Swank Force One wrote: LS-anything. Not my bag. Completely uninterested in it in the context of my light scalpel-like sports cars. In the Cherokee? Would love. Can not afford. (Rather, not willing to pay the astronomical amount of money to get one in there.) I want a 4.8 in the Cherokee so badly, but haven't found a way to do it that doesn't involve many thousands of dollars.

You know we're just jerking your chain, right? We answered your question about how to fix the block so we just had a bit of fun to pass the time.

A buddy of mine is planning on building an AMC SX/4 with a stroked 4.0, gutted and caged. Well, once he finds one to buy. Hopefully he'll finish his Seven replica first (a real replica, Kent motor and all). I'll pick his brain about the stroker since he's shooting for 4.6 or 4.7L of inline 6 grunt with not much money to spend.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/29/15 2:38 p.m.

I know.

The stroker 4.6/4.7 is interesting these days now that Edelbrock has the head for these old motors.

Spoolpigeon
Spoolpigeon UberDork
4/29/15 2:41 p.m.
Swank Force One wrote: LS-anything. Not my bag. Completely uninterested in it in the context of my light scalpel-like sports cars. In the Cherokee? Would love. Can not afford. (Rather, not willing to pay the astronomical amount of money to get one in there.) I want a 4.8 in the Cherokee so badly, but haven't found a way to do it that doesn't involve many thousands of dollars.

I know of a couple 5.3's close to me that could possibly be had for cheap. Or is it the rest of the swap that eats up the monies?

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/29/15 2:51 p.m.
Spoolpigeon wrote:
Swank Force One wrote: LS-anything. Not my bag. Completely uninterested in it in the context of my light scalpel-like sports cars. In the Cherokee? Would love. Can not afford. (Rather, not willing to pay the astronomical amount of money to get one in there.) I want a 4.8 in the Cherokee so badly, but haven't found a way to do it that doesn't involve many thousands of dollars.
I know of a couple 5.3's close to me that could possibly be had for cheap. Or is it the rest of the swap that eats up the monies?

The rest of the swap. Because i can't/won't fab anything, i'm looking around... $5-6k to do it i think.

And that's WITH me lucking out and learning that my stock manual transmission works well with just an adapter plate and throw out bearing.

Novak is really proud of their parts.

erohslc
erohslc Dork
4/29/15 5:23 p.m.
oldeskewltoy wrote: http://www.alumaloy.com/#!alumaloy-specs/c12vf

Have you ever tried to actually USE that stuff?
A skilled person (as in video) can do wonderful things; mere mortals need not apply.

Advan046
Advan046 SuperDork
4/30/15 6:55 a.m.

In reply to Swank Force One:

I would toss that part of the block. It doesn't look structural at all. Maybe it's primary use was as a prying location for removing the oil pan. Shape a small scrap of aluminum sheet to fill most of the hole with tabs or other features to mechanically prevent it from falling into the pan. The joint is currently sealed with RTV is looks like; so apply some to outer edges of the aluminum sheet and it will have sealed the hole all around.

Drilling and installing pins could work to but I can't see it being necessary. Just preference.

44Dwarf
44Dwarf UltraDork
4/30/15 12:41 p.m.
erohslc wrote:
oldeskewltoy wrote: http://www.alumaloy.com/#!alumaloy-specs/c12vf
Have you ever tried to actually USE that stuff? A skilled person (as in video) can do wonderful things; mere mortals need not apply.

I have twice now and i'll tell you the only thing you can use a reg propane torch to do it with is the alum can anything thicker or bigger need propane and O2 to do it right. I've done motorcycle side covers get the heat right it comes out mint.

turboswede
turboswede MegaDork
4/30/15 2:07 p.m.
erohslc wrote:
oldeskewltoy wrote: http://www.alumaloy.com/#!alumaloy-specs/c12vf
Have you ever tried to actually USE that stuff? A skilled person (as in video) can do wonderful things; mere mortals need not apply.

Yep. Used it to make this pickup bracket:

Bought stainless steel wire brush for my bench grinder to prep the edges and a larger propane torch to heat the items up. Trickiest part was holding them in place because a wooden jig would just burn and a metal vise just acted like a heat sink. Finally had to use a couple pieces of sacrificial wood in my metal bench vise.

Used the same process later to add a couple of stiffening ribs to that bracket.

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