can you long stud a 205 block?
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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can you long stud a 205 block?
can you long stud a 205 block like the 200 blocks?
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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no you can not!think its someone to do with the position of where the water jackets are?although this is a total guess!
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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dont think you can somethimg to do with not thick enough
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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i thought it might be something like that, but wasnt 100% sure
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200 has a thicker waist line so you can drill into that for the long stud it
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:48 PM
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200 has a thicker waist line so you can drill into that for the long stud it
so its possible, but not advisable due to the thickness?
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:49 PM
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not possiable mate on a 205
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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no not possible theres not enough wall there to machine
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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Oct 13, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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out of interest if you drill out for long studding on a 200 block,will this not weaken the block?as you are taking metal out of the block etc?
Oct 13, 2008 | 11:06 PM
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There was a discussion about this a while ago, some long stud 200's some dont, cant remember the details, but there was a YB over 600bhp on std head studs iirc
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