How much money does it cost to have a billet engine?

"YSI-what can brown do for you" (ysi-what-can-brown-do-for-you) 07/16/2014 at 11:25 • Filed to: None

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A LOT.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > YSI-what can brown do for you 07/16/2014 at 11:29

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I'd say around a mill....

cazzyodo > vdub_nut: scooter snob 07/16/2014 at 11:30

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YSI-what can brown do for you > vdub_nut: scooter snob 07/16/2014 at 11:32

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Heh, Hehehe, Hehehehehehe

Übel > vdub_nut: scooter snob 07/16/2014 at 11:33

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What a lathey guess

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > cazzyodo 07/16/2014 at 11:34

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came here to post this guy

cazzyodo > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 07/16/2014 at 11:41

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My buddy made a bad pun last night and we both imitated this husky afterwards.

It was so bad it was good.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > cazzyodo 07/16/2014 at 11:49

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I did it the other night and my wife was laughing her ass off. She thought the "bad joke husky face" was more entertaining than the pun haha

GhostZ > YSI-what can brown do for you 07/16/2014 at 11:52

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Are there substantial strength / weight gains for cutting vs casting or forging? I know nothing about metalwork.

cazzyodo > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 07/16/2014 at 12:06

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TJDMAX > GhostZ 07/16/2014 at 12:07

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The strength answer is one thats a bit detailed. You can't have the same material for a casting, forging and billet. Let me rephrase. A material that has good castability won't be as strong as a material that has good forgability. So yes forging adds grain flow and is considered stronger than a cast part but thats mostly because of the material used for the forging is inherently stronger to begin with than the material for a casting.

With a billet because you aren't forming the material you can pick as strong of a material as you would like. So you can choose to pick a material stronger than the forging material and you would end up with a stronger part. On the flip side you can machine a much weaker material as your billet so could end up with a part that is weaker than a cast part. It just comes down to material. All steels are not created equal, same with aluminums etc.

TJDMAX > YSI-what can brown do for you 07/16/2014 at 12:12

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In all seriousness, i would bet the block itself would be around 20 grand. Assuming that you go to a shop that does this "regularly" instead of a job shop or something.