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JPC Goes 7.94@172
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric@jpc" data-source="post: 13632887" data-attributes="member: 131792"><p>[ATTACH=full]521517[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521518[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>We developed a CNCed 6061 aluminum support system to help displace the force within the cylinder walls to a large area at the back of the coolant passage.(there is a lot of material here to hold force that these engines are making when cranked up) </p><p></p><p>So as you can see above there has been extensive time, and machine work in making what is the strongest most durable solution available for these blocks. A few things to point out are. The Billet aluminum is obviously a solid piece of material that will not flex or distort when being loaded. Also with it being aluminum we have been able to thread the insert in order to preload the support in a way that we are making a very solid and rigid structure to displace all the energy with in the cylinder while not overly distorting the sleeve of the engine. RGR spent a lot of time this past winter testing different pre loads to see what would create the strongest and most efficient solution. The last part to the support system is the where it meets the casting of the cylinder. We are using a 2 part German manufactured epoxy to fill any voids in the casting (basically the casting is a ruff finish where our billet support is smooth). The Only thing the Epoxy is being used for is to really fill that gap so you have a very good contact to the problem area. We wanted to use as little epoxy as possible, from our research we have found epoxy becomes less effective in elevated temperatures in glycol (antifreeze) after time it will start to deteriorate. So by using a very small amount that was designed for situations like this (200+ degrees in glycol) It will last and hold everything you can throw at it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric@jpc, post: 13632887, member: 131792"] [ATTACH=full]521517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]521518[/ATTACH] We developed a CNCed 6061 aluminum support system to help displace the force within the cylinder walls to a large area at the back of the coolant passage.(there is a lot of material here to hold force that these engines are making when cranked up) So as you can see above there has been extensive time, and machine work in making what is the strongest most durable solution available for these blocks. A few things to point out are. The Billet aluminum is obviously a solid piece of material that will not flex or distort when being loaded. Also with it being aluminum we have been able to thread the insert in order to preload the support in a way that we are making a very solid and rigid structure to displace all the energy with in the cylinder while not overly distorting the sleeve of the engine. RGR spent a lot of time this past winter testing different pre loads to see what would create the strongest and most efficient solution. The last part to the support system is the where it meets the casting of the cylinder. We are using a 2 part German manufactured epoxy to fill any voids in the casting (basically the casting is a ruff finish where our billet support is smooth). The Only thing the Epoxy is being used for is to really fill that gap so you have a very good contact to the problem area. We wanted to use as little epoxy as possible, from our research we have found epoxy becomes less effective in elevated temperatures in glycol (antifreeze) after time it will start to deteriorate. So by using a very small amount that was designed for situations like this (200+ degrees in glycol) It will last and hold everything you can throw at it. [/QUOTE]
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