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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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can you long stud a 205 block like the 200 blocks?

if not, why not? - i'm sure there's a reason but i'm not sure i've been told before

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Old 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!
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Old Oct 13, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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dont think you can somethimg to do with not thick enough
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Old 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
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Originally Posted by Jay.
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?
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not possiable mate on a 205
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no not possible theres not enough wall there to machine
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cheers gents
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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?
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Old 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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