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01-09-2005, 01:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
DanP New TN User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Michigan USA Posts: 8 Gameroom cash: $1500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	Engine Block Did I read somewhere that a 3S block is Iron and a 5S is Alum.Or is that wrong? Thanks Dan

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01-09-2005, 04:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hotwheelharmer SCCA Tech Services Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 547 Gameroom cash: $11000 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	Both the 3s and the 5s are cast. __________________ Brian Harmer SCCA Solo Technical Assistant Solo National Rules: http://www.scca.com/documents/Solo%2...lo_Rules_2.pdf FastTrack: http://www.scca.com/contentpage.aspx?content=78

01-10-2005, 09:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
lcarocha GT-i Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: All Your Base are Belong to Us Posts: 632 Gameroom cash: $5700 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	Both are iron blocks with aluminum heads __________________ Luis C. 92 Celica GT-i (ST182) 2nd Gen 3S-GE Caracas, Venezuela http://www.cardomain.com/id/luis_c

01-11-2005, 02:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
MadDawg Official TN Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 785 Gameroom cash: $1500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	really? damnit!

01-11-2005, 02:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
MadDawg Official TN Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 785 Gameroom cash: $1500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Score: 0 reviews	so if it was possible, how would a 5s alluminum block compare to the cast iron?

01-11-2005, 07:24 AM

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Hotwheelharmer

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Originally Posted by MadDawg

so if it was possible, how would a 5s alluminum block compare to the cast iron?

It would be lighter and not as strong as a cast block.

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01-11-2005, 08:13 AM	#7 (permalink)
Pineapple One with the force Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Aurora, Ont Posts: 2,713 Gameroom cash: $147537 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts iTrader Score: 1 reviews	Unless its got thick bore insert. It'll runn a bit cooler too. __________________

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