http://stitchweld.co.uk/
This guy fixed a block for while I waited, stitched in a section the size of a jar lid on a rally pinto. Saved the block.
It was a 5 hour round trip for me but well worth it & didn't even need to be a bare block. Can also ship it on a pallet of course.
There were engines there from Aston Martins to diesel trains! Some of the repairs were amazing, holes the size of dinner plates in blocks repaired.
I did 8 competitive miles on a hot day during a rally with no fan belt = no water pump. The block cracked outwards from the core plug.
The the core plug & metal beyond the cracks was cut out completely & new metal let-in by 'cold metal stitching'.
I have previously scrapped blocks & head that could have easily been repaired.
This engine is revved to 8000 rpm & is in region of 200bhp, gets very hot on rallies & has been perfect since the repair 2 years ago.
The repair is virtually invisible even before paint.
Original fault:
After repair:
After paint:
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