: Everyone knows that the big drawback with the
: aluminium slant is its inherent weakness,
: and its incompatability with high
: compression or supercharging.
: My question is: since aluminum is supposed to
: be easy to weld, wouldn't it be possible to
: weld some sort of bracing for the barrels,
: or fit thicker iron sleeves to the cylinder
: bores along with smaller pistons? Or is that
: asking for disaster...

: A friend of mine, Jeff C. welded 4 or 5 pieces
: of aluminum keystock around the top of the
: cylinders, but he has yet to fire it up. He
: did that about 10 yrs ago, and I couldn't
: even guess when he will install the engine,
: let alone light it off.