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Have no experience with 351- blocks, but I'm planning a V6 build that will need to be bored 7mm (0.27") diametrical and might have to involve the sleeves...
Brent or someone; If I invest in one of those hand- held sonic testers- will it be useful in a way or another, or is more "professional" equipment needed?
What kind of data will such a tester give? Can thickness be read? Density?
(I'm sorry, none of the books on my shelf says something about this, there's just a photo of the handheld unit....)
Basically, I'm wondering if such an instrument can tell me if it's safe to bore the block this amount. (Or do I have to test & see. My mate did on his V6 and it ended up in disaster; of course. That was a German V6 bored to 3 litres (alà Weslake, if you happen to know), whereas this one is the English V6 going to 3,4 or 3,5 litres (alà Cosworth GAA,...... if you happen to know!)).
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