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Cajun · 01-07-2016, 11:52 AM

I had this same problem on my drag car motor. Since I already had the SBC parts replacing with a BBC just wasn't in the budget. I was able to find a machine shop who was the only one in the city that had the right material to match the block composition. I did have to pull the motor and strip it down for him since he put the block in a jig and added new material to the broken tab and filled it in completely and then drilled and tapped the hole for the bolt. This was a 14.1 compression motor with a mini gear reduction starter. Never had a problem for the 10 years I had it. Of course the BBC would have been nice too.

01-07-2016, 11:52 AM	#20
Cajun Registered User Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Buda, Tx Posts: 32	Re: Rut Row, that doesn't look good! I had this same problem on my drag car motor. Since I already had the SBC parts replacing with a BBC just wasn't in the budget. I was able to find a machine shop who was the only one in the city that had the right material to match the block composition. I did have to pull the motor and strip it down for him since he put the block in a jig and added new material to the broken tab and filled it in completely and then drilled and tapped the hole for the bolt. This was a 14.1 compression motor with a mini gear reduction starter. Never had a problem for the 10 years I had it. Of course the BBC would have been nice too.