[FOR SALE] Aluminum 5.2L Magnum Block - CL

[1970Duster]

Wasn't a company suppose to be produce an aluminum 340 block about a year or 2 ago. I remember it being discussed on this site.

 

[autoxcuda]

Wasn't a company suppose to be produce an aluminum 340 block about a year or 2 ago. I remember it being discussed on this site.

Ritter.

I've seen prototypes posted on the web a while ago. May be selling now??

 

[inkjunkie]

Any idea how much difference between an iron and one of these?

Ritter makes an aluminum LA block, or at least that is what I have read on here. It is 100 pounds lighter than the factory iron one if I remember correctly...

Did not read it but
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=179635

 

[mopardude318]

yea, Ritter makes em. there's a couple on Moparts. darn guys are spending a FORTUNE to have all the machine work corrected. not worth it..

 

[1970Duster]

yea, Ritter makes em. there's a couple on Moparts. darn guys are spending a FORTUNE to have all the machine work corrected. not worth it..

Got a link to the problems on moparts?

 

[mopardude318]

Got a link to the problems on moparts?

yea. give me a bit. their search function is complete trash on that site. LOL

 

[KitCarlson]

I am somewhat familiar with aluminum Porsche 944 and 928 engine blocks. There is a special process to cast silicon in the walls to make them hard, and pistons are plated with iron to make them compatible. There is a special process to remove a thin layer of aluminum in the bores exposing only the silicon to the rings. Silicon (refined from sand) is what electronic chips are constructed from, is not to be confused with silicone!

If the blocks are just aluminum, they will need sleeves or Nikasil, a trademarked electrodeposited lipophilic nickel matrix silicon carbide coating. Unless one knows what the block has, it could be expensive to process for use.

 

[dwire67]

He has had that while and I read that they leak water into the cylinders and where side lined, he got it from Mancini back in 2009
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads...in=5099060&Words=+80mirada&topic=&Search=true

 

[inkjunkie]

yea, Ritter makes em. there's a couple on Moparts. darn guys are spending a FORTUNE to have all the machine work corrected. not worth it..

From what I remember a member here said that the Ritter block is over 6k by the time you get the sleeves put in and all the machine work done.....and then it needs to be corrected??

 

[Abodybomber]

Ink,I sure would pass......

 

[inkjunkie]

Ink,I sure would pass......

Me too.....that is a bit higher than an aluminum Kieth Black block....at least the last time I checked...

 

[Greg55_99]

He has had that while and I read that they leak water into the cylinders and where side lined, he got it from Mancini back in 2009
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads...in=5099060&Words=+80mirada&topic=&Search=true

Thanks for that link. That explains it.

Greg