This does seem to be a never ending project, but good for Tim sticking it out. These are way above my paygrade. You going to build one for your 'Chero Rock??
Here are Tim Meyers Questions and Answers about the blocks:
what is the material exactly and is there anything particularly unique about it, high nickel? LOL Grade 40 iron will be the standard material. We will also be offering an upgraded iron block. For a $1,000 upgrade, we will offer a material that will be "close" to CGI strength. The material we will be offering will bring the standard 40K strength, to 60K strength. Bare in mind CGI is about 72K, and yet Dart used to charge a $2,500 upgrade for CGI.
what's the plan for the core plugs? my personal choice would be cast iron threaded plugs like these to prevent electrolysis corrosion and failure over time https://www.summitracing.com/parts/fms-" rel="nofollow - https://www.summitracing.com/parts/fms- ... XfEALw_wcB All Track Boss blocks are taped for 1-1/4" NPT, we offer Black anodized aluminum plugs that use a 3/4" Allen wrench.
what are the options (if any) for main caps & hardware, what will they be? All blocks will come with steel main caps & ARP main bolts.
cam tunnel machining options? i'm good with factory or SVO bearing bores if they're still available? i'd rather not take material away from the block We plan to use the 351HP cam bearing (common OD) and an FP26 #1 bearing. We are debating on whether we will offer an oversize option. Dart has chosen not to offer some options and allow other machine shops to do the work, not %100 sure how accurate that is.
you eluded to the possibility of a 9.5" deck, is finishing square at 9.525" out of the question? The tooling for this block did not come with much extra room. I think when we barely touch the surface that cleans up, it is in the 9.525" or 9.535"area.
lifter diameters? tall bushings or are the lifter banks already tall? All blocks come with lifter bushings. Any diameter you want. We were to tall where the lifter tie bar was contacting the bushing. We did make adjustments to bring it down about .125" which is probably about .125" taller than OE.
is the mech fuel pump location figured out, is there any way to gain a millimeter for the RobbMc pump? Yes, very possible. I need to know specifically where & how much.
can you program to machine off the left side starter mount material? Have not thought about it, and have not heard that request yet.
Our big picture is to allow the large horizontal CNC machine to do all the major metal removal. We have another horizontal and we just added a large Fadal vertical. Our plans are to offer the CNC program for OE blocks (as I mentioned a few years ago) with the Fadal. But we also are considering doing optional machine work to the Track Boss on the Fadal also.
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