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| Author: | Porter [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Does anybody rent/loan a slant 6 deckplate! |
I live in the Dayton, OH area and need to borrow/rent/purchase a deckplate for a 225 slant 6. My father-in-law has a speed/machine shop and "giggled" when I asked him if he had one...he still recommends that we use one. This is for my personal vehicle, so I hate to make a big investment...Please Help! |
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| Author: | bigslant6fan [ Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:20 pm ] |
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You might contact "doc" dutra,I think he cut the top off a block and made one himself |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:17 am ] |
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The Cox brothers in Columbus used to have one. You should be able to Google them. |
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| Author: | Porter [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:30 am ] |
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Thanks, I'll give them a call. John |
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| Author: | Brussell [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:09 am ] |
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Well I am obviously very new to this stuff. What is a Deck Plate Maybe it's because I am from Australia. |
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| Author: | Porter [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:09 am ] |
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Quote: Well I am obviously very new to this stuff.
----------------------------------------What is a Deck Plate Maybe it's because I am from Australia. It is a thick steel plate that bolts to the deck of an engine block and simulates the stresses of bolting on a cylinder head and is used when machining a cylinder. It is used to help compensate for the natural tendency for an engine block to distort when the cylinder head is torqued. Here is a picture of one. (ed) http://amsperformance.com/amsperformanc ... kplate.jpg |
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| Author: | Porter [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:11 am ] |
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I called Cox Brothers in Columbus and got a recording that their number is no longer in service...are they out of business? Do they go by a different name? Thanks, John |
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| Author: | Doc [ Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:37 am ] |
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Quote: You might contact "doc" dutra,I think he cut the top off a block and made one himself
Yes... I still have my cast iron plate made from the deck of an old cylinder block, I use that one on many aluminum block SL6 builds (3.445 bore size)I also had a "torque plate" professionally made for 3.500 bores, here is a photo of that plate.  Here is the unit in action: 
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| Author: | RustyRamcharger [ Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:39 pm ] |
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[quote="Doc"] I also had a "torque plate" professionally made for 3.500 bores, here is a photo of that plate. [quote] Any chance you could post a dimensioned sketch? I'd like to make a pile of metal chips. Ken 
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