I am pulling a 1977 318 that was in a Demon and noticed the symbol IH cast into sides of block.
Is this a common find. Foundry?
Is this a common find. Foundry?
Those blocks were cast by International Harvester. John Deere here in town used to cast 2.5 4 cylinder blocks for GM back in the 80's. Pretty common.
Probably so. Mopar always had higher nickel in their blocks. (compared to Chevy) LOLI wonder if they have a higher nickel content then ?
I had a machinest tell me he hated boring IH blocks because they were so damn hard !
Anyone else ever seen one of these?
I worked for IH and during the mid 70’s the IH foundry in Indianapolis IN cast 318 blocks for Chrysler. The time period was roughly 1974 to 1977. IIRC the volume was approximately 50K per year.bringing back a thread...
but the answer is yes, I recently picked up a 65 Dart and it came with a '77 model 318. When I moved the block to drop it off at the machinist, I noticed the IH casting identifier...kinda sad though, I couldn't use it at 030 overbore...would probably clean up at 060, but there are some pronounced gouging/marks at the top of the bores that kinda look like someone got a little careless when they did the initial machining.
Seen plenty of short blocks sat for years and would end up as bolt storage , each cyl filled with bolts... but often someone pushed out piston with a long pry bar and would miss and hit the bore.. dohbringing back a thread...
but the answer is yes, I recently picked up a 65 Dart and it came with a '77 model 318. When I moved the block to drop it off at the machinist, I noticed the IH casting identifier...kinda sad though, I couldn't use it at 030 overbore...would probably clean up at 060, but there are some pronounced gouging/marks at the top of the bores that kinda look like someone got a little careless when they did the initial machining.
Seen plenty of short blocks sat for years and would end up as bolt storage , each cyl filled with bolts... but often someone pushed out piston with a long pry bar and would miss and hit the bore.. doh