Re: aluminum head damage - again

[Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>]

Craig,

You might try RPi in the UK.  They are the people from whom I bought my 
Rover 3.5l rebuilt engine. They do practically nothing else but Rover 
engines and are very knowledgeable. Try info@rpiv8.com


At 12:11 PM 2/13/2005, FAUBEL CRAIG wrote:
> I powder coated my new aluminum heads.  I want to find somebody who has 
> actually done this and finid out what the outcome was.  I've heard 
> information from 'experts' and amateurs that is contradictory.  I've 
> researched until all I'm sure of is the heads are A356 aluminum that went 
> thru the T6 'tempering' process.  I see all kinds of motorcycle heads get 
> powder coated, and they're made of the same stuff.  When I find somebody 
> to tell me what actually happened - either they work fine or they exploded 
> after 100 miles -  I'll stop asking.  Can someone help?  I'm out of ideas 
> where to look and who to ask.  I don't want opinions any more, but just 
> how do I find someone who did this...  I know I'm not the first one to be 
> ignorant enough to try it, and I know it's not recommended (but you'll 
> never find anybodt to say it's OK to put in a light switch without turning 
> off the breaker, and we all know that it CAN be done), but it's already 
> done and I don't want to throw the $1200 heads !
>  away
>  unless it is hopeless.
Regards
Barrie

Barrie Robinson
(705) 721-9060 
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