DeTomaso Mailing List: December 98, Message #78

Capn Mike quotes Don Wollesen as saying:
> Cleveland heads also suffer from combustion
> chamber distortion that subsequently results in cracked heads (on real
> serious race motors). Knowledgable (like the NASCAR guys did when this
> engine was the hot item) engine builders drill holes in the right places
> on the head and put a steel dowel in the hole to address this problem.
> I've got a book at home that describes this issue.

Eh?  I don't think I've ever heard of this before.  Any of you guys familiar
with this kind of doweling?

-Andy
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