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oldscot3
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Posted: 25 June 2022 at 3:36pm |
Ford model A owners had a big national event here in my town, and related videos have been popping up on YouTube. One that caught my interest was about a manufacturer of new "engine kits" which consist of block, crank and rods. While they were talking up the quality and downplaying the concerns related to their chinese origins, it was mentioned how one of the company partners was also sourcing new Jeep blocks from the same foundry, which apparently has been changed from the first one they used.
All that makes me wonder if the Jeep L-engine blocks have had their initial quality flaws corrected. I don't need one, but it would be nice to know a quality block is available. Anyone have any recent intel?
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jhg
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Or rather who is willing to risk being part of the experiment? If there is no concrete proof by a certified/qualified third party that has confirmed quality claims the claims are just that.
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I would much prefer reconditioning an original block than one of those expensive reproductions which from all reports I have read require about as much machine work as it takes to get an old one ready to build.
Good ones are getting scarce, but I have had no problem finding a few, and have a couple with no cracks down in my barn that I would sell for a fraction of what one of those reproduction blocks cost.
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oldscot3
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This has been the consensus and may still hold true. The Model A owners have vehicles about two decades older than our Jeeps though and you can understand why they, at least some of them, would be happy to have new engine parts available. The engineer behind that block says they scanned the outside to exactly replicate an original block and then they made internal improvements. He says the Chinese blocks they are getting from the second foundry are top quality and, if that is true, then it stands to reason Jeep blocks made there should be just as good. Time will tell. Maybe the vendors selling them should try a little harder to inform us of quality status. I'm certainly not promoting them; I have two original spares myself. But at some point in the future those youngers coming up may have a need and it would nice to think important parts will be available. You certainly can't say that for many other vintage vehicles that guys collect and try to preserve.
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Did the meet have a booth or ? showing the MILLER racing HEADs and its rival? Just curious.
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Jim
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oldscot3
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I would be surprised if they didn't, but I honestly don't know. I drove Chigger around the parking lot and viewed some nice cars for a little while but didn't go inside to the conference rooms where they met and set up displays. BTW nearly all the Model A owners I saw smiled and gave thumbs up to my old Willys.
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