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Old 07-09-2017, 12:08 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post

The sand casting is astonishing to me. I made candles this way as a kid, but an engine? I wonder about longterm durability.

Machining a block is common today, but for example a lot of older stationary engines were often sand-cast.

here's a Finnish BMV engine, Björneborg Motor Verkstad aka Björneborg's Engine Shop
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