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Alin
Engineer
LSM Systems Engineering
I've always been curious about the water jackets in a billet block. Is the block just hogged out around the cylinder sleeve OD, except the top and bottom, and then the sleeves are wet?
Just curious.
ps: Beautiful piece!
We have several styles of water jacket. For the one you see in this block, we com in from the side and cut water jackets directly into the block and then block them off with plates. The plate actually ties in the side of the cylinder with the block to add back some rigidity. That is why you see bolts in the center and the perimeter of the water plate. The sleeves are dry.
We can also do partial water which is no water jacket but just a series of holes drilled the length of the block. Just gets water to the head, and leaves the block very strong. We have also done what we call a semi-wet, which is a liner with a series of grooves. The liner is fully supported but water can flow through the grooves to cool the cylinder. We try to stay away from wet liners as much as possible.
Carl, I'm curious, where do you mount the starter on that Little M?
Alin