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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:03 pm 
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:02 pm 
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Scuse my ignorance, but havn't people been making aftermarket blocks for ages?
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:07 pm 
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Scuse my ignorance, but havn't people been making aftermarket blocks for ages?

Not clevelands.

Now pardon my ignorance pete, but apart from the fact that you are keeping wheezer nastiness out of your clevo, what would benefits be with this over a dart/world block?

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:15 pm 
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:04 pm 
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:52 am 
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Now pardon my ignorance pete, but apart from the fact that you are keeping wheezer nastiness out of your clevo, what would benefits be with this over a dart/world block?


As the website says, "Clevelands forever" that's why!

Personally I don't see an advantage other than the cool factor.

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:56 am 
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holy s**t an ally clevo. thats awesome

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:17 am 
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The mains webbing is a nice touch.

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:40 am 
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holy s**t an ally clevo. thats awesome


There ya go Jared. That's your answer. I wonder how much cheaper it would be compared to the ultra rare Fontana alloy blocks. Then again I wonder how much cheaper it would be compared to a Dart alloy block.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:16 pm 
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That is wicked! Another thing to put on the shopping list of dreams.

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:02 pm 
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"As it sits in the pics, it weighs 130lbs. When the risers are gone, the waterjackets are added, and all of the machine stock is removed I'll bet the thing will weigh 85-90 lbs. Add in sleeves and main caps and you will be back up to 105-110 tops. The OEM caps and bolts weigh 15 lbs. Yeah, 100-110 lbs. "

and thats when 110 lbs is about 50kg.

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:44 pm 
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I was looking at a few imported racing engine parts about 2 years ago and come across an alloy clevo block, but could only be used as a dry sump setup, it had a 9.2 deck height, but the bores were siamese and 4.180'' and could be safely bored out to 4.250, only thing was the price he was asking...
$8,000, and for $12,000 with a set of yates heads ported to 340cfm

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:11 pm 
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What does a stock block weigh?

 

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What does a stock block weigh?

a s**t load more than that!

 

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