Lifter bore bad casting ?

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alex perini

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Looking at my 440 motor and noticed. Casting around lifter looks like it chipped away has anyone seen this also is ok ?

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Any pieces laying around in there. Could be a machine shop got a little rough with it
 
That my friend is a casting flaw. I have seen plenty like that and worse. I have seen one where the right side rear bore aside of the distributor was mostly gone. We had to spray weld it and bush the bores. It was an X block. You can just barely see the weld and the heat mark where it was done. Yours is not a problem at all. I'll bet that block you have is a high casting number. They always are. This one was a 318-11

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That my friend is a casting flaw. I have seen plenty like that and worse. I have seen one where the right side rear bore aside of the distributor was mostly gone. We had to spray weld it and bush the bores. It was an X block. You can just barely see the weld and the heat mark where it was done. Yours is not a problem at all. I'll bet that block you have is a high casting number. They always are. This one was a 318-11

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I guess I`ve been lucky, I have never had a Chrysler block (r/b or hemi), that took even any extra amount of machining, much less any casting flaws. The chevy small blocks always required an extreme amount to bring in line with what they were supposed to be. The 440 block I`m using in my 505, needed .003 to square the deck and make the deck heighth perfect. m?????????????
 
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That my friend is a casting flaw. I have seen plenty like that and worse. I have seen one where the right side rear bore aside of the distributor was mostly gone. We had to spray weld it and bush the bores. It was an X block. You can just barely see the weld and the heat mark where it was done. Yours is not a problem at all. I'll bet that block you have is a high casting number. They always are. This one was a 318-11

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Ok awesome thanks for the info
 
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