How engine blocks are made

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn) 09/14/2015 at 16:34 • Filed to: None

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It’s a five minute video showing how engine blocks are cast starting with making a sand mold. A lot of detail gets skipped, but it’s still pretty cool.

Captain of the Enterprise > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/14/2015 at 16:55

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The background music is awful

Twism > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/14/2015 at 17:13

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Okay so here’s a quiz... What engine is it? V6, aluminium...

Honda J-Series?

Ross Kraz > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/14/2015 at 17:33

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They dump the sand out of the entire thing in two leisurely swings? I still have sand from Panama City in my backpack from Spring Break 2012.

JustAnotherG6 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 09/14/2015 at 17:36

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Since they show a V-6 thorough out the video and end with a V-8 im going to guess a GM product. Probably the Buick 3.8l they have put in everything since forever ago.

wkiernan > Ross Kraz 09/14/2015 at 17:43

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Simply put your backpack in a thermal sand reclaim oven for six hours, and the sand will shake right out so your backpack will be good as new!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Captain of the Enterprise 09/14/2015 at 17:46

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You shut your whore mouth

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Captain of the Enterprise 09/14/2015 at 17:51

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If this is from ‘How It’s Made’ the music really hasn’t changed in the 20 years I’ve been watching that show.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Twism 09/14/2015 at 17:53

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I’m going to guess Ford. There was a stamping on the mold that said 2.5/3.0. Also, this video looks like it’s from ‘How It’s Made’ which I believe is a Canadian program, so it was probably filmed at the Windsor ON plant.

Frank Grimes > Ross Kraz 09/14/2015 at 19:18

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“hey we just cast the block if your fancy pants wants one without sand thats gonna be extra.”

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > JustAnotherG6 09/15/2015 at 12:13

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Gran Fury is thinking it is the Ford Duratec V6 . It is an aluminum casting and looks like a 60 degree Vee angle. The Buick V6 is a 90 degree cast iron block.

Here is the 2.5/3.0 markings on the core and you can see it on the robots throughout the video.

I’m not sure about the finished castings though because they do show a V8 pretty regularly. I didn’t think to look at the exhaust ports, but they didn’t jump out at me as being the SBC siamesed ports so I’m guessing that is probably a Ford block too.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 09/15/2015 at 12:14

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I think you’re right. There are a lot of 2.5/3.0 markings on the robots that you can see in the video.