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Cast iron block vs. Aluminum block
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<blockquote data-quote="Nonotech" data-source="post: 16637765" data-attributes="member: 200472"><p>The actual reason Ford went with the Iron block was no due to being weak but to actually save money, See, the powdered rods on early cobras cost abut $8 a piece at the time where as the Manley rods cost $56 at the time, so in order to maintain costs down ford decided to switch to the iron block, it has nothing to do with power, the power issue was fixed with the rods. You can find this information if you read the actual story of SVT when the produced the Terminator; Although the iron block being stronger than the aluminum may be true, that was not the reason, Teksid and WAP aluminum blocks have seen numbers north of 1200whp, and ran for years without problems!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nonotech, post: 16637765, member: 200472"] The actual reason Ford went with the Iron block was no due to being weak but to actually save money, See, the powdered rods on early cobras cost abut $8 a piece at the time where as the Manley rods cost $56 at the time, so in order to maintain costs down ford decided to switch to the iron block, it has nothing to do with power, the power issue was fixed with the rods. You can find this information if you read the actual story of SVT when the produced the Terminator; Although the iron block being stronger than the aluminum may be true, that was not the reason, Teksid and WAP aluminum blocks have seen numbers north of 1200whp, and ran for years without problems!! [/QUOTE]
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