rocker arm stand question

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  1. rickey

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    SBC brodix heads, with Jesel rocker arms and stands


    question is has anyone ever made any stands from Magnesium? with thread inserts of course


    our steel ones from Jesel weights a ton, well almost

    Titanium ones are $1300 from Jesel

    looking to make my on and a machinest ask me would Magnesium work

    help from you metal guys
    would it work or am would I be wasting my time
     
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  2. Mike Canter

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    Magnesium will not work. It would not take the pressure of the springs. Magnesesium is not dense enough (maybe not the right term) Although strong it is too brittle. It would be cheaper and better to find someother way to lose the weight. A waste of time.
     
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  3. rickey

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    thanks Mike
     
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  4. The Shoe

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    weight

    Unless you run an aluminum block, or have already done so, to save weight I suggest grinding the exterior of the block down, taking any unnecessary items off the block (side motor mounts, fuel pump boss, etc.) We removed 14lbs from our Dart Big M block by doing this. Plus it looks a hell of a lot better when you are finished. It is not by any means a quick process, it took me approximately 6 hrs from start to finish.
     
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  5. Mike Canter

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    We had that done to our BBF block and if I remeber correctly it saved us 16 lbs. Good suggestion. It is easy if you know somebody with a big milling machine.
     
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  6. rickey

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    have brodix block 9.5 deck

    may send to brodix to lighten, we have talked about it

    thanks
     
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  7. Mike Canter

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    I had Brodix clean off my sons aluminum SBC when I bought it from them. They did a nice job
     
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  8. Danny Humphreys

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    Call Dennis Wells @ Wells Racing. He has milling programs for small blocks that knock around 28 lbs off a Dart iron block. He does a ton of sprint car blocks this way. http://www.wellsracing.com/ 972-298-9900 Tell him I sent you. no that he'll give you a good deal, but maybe he'll knock some off my next bill:D
     
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