"Bout three years ago I had a big block Mopar
drag car. I wasn't paying attention when I put
on pullys and ended up with a super high speed
water pump that must have been putting out 1000
PSI (ha ha), but it was a lot. It kept blowing
freeze plugs right out of the block. I finally
used the rubber expanding types smeared in JB
Weld. Never blew another one out. I did correct
the pully ratio a month later and got the
pressure back within reason too. It was stupid
mistake and a good lesson. I now swear by those
rubber freeze plugs (and JB Weld).
--- Jim Dincau <jdincau@qnet.com> wrote:
> Hi all you iron stock blockers out there.
> Do we still strap across the plugs to
> keep them from failing
> catastrophically or has a new idea come along?
> Jim in Palmdale, where it didn't rain a drop
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* Dick J *
* (In East Texas) *
* # 729 *
* C/GRS E/STR *
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