Originally Posted by
Twellsie
my concerns are without knowing exactly what alloy the cam cover is made from it is impossible to specify the correct filler wire, also due to the welding process it will have locally annealed the area, resulting in hard bit-soft bit-hard bit which is very likelly to crack, although i would guess that it would litrally snap the weld and not the cam cover, ideally you need to know exactly what filler wire then have it heat treated after weld.
my suggestion would be to machine two holes that run from the inside of the camcover into the main body of the support and then screw in a couple of counter sunk bolts
I see your point mate, the welder i used is the bollox so not worried bout his welding (30 years at Bentley). your advice bout the bolts is what i said to my engine builder. He said yeah, its a great idea but do i really want screws inside my cam cover that could, potentially come loose? i said no.