small block mopar, road of un-spoken

[roverman]

Like soo many of my "lightbulbs", I don't seem to posses enough Hz, to light all of them. From 7/2010 till now, once you observe the marvelous Gen III hemi heads/engine,(think of it as a sbm on steroids), no need to search further for a better sbm head. IF I could "only" shrink it to fit the RV8...  Onward, roverman.

[Todd McCreary]

IF I could "only" shrink it to fit the RV8

I don't even care if the head bolts and water passages are close to lining up.  The aluminum head shrinking thing ( are you part South American aboriginal?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrunken_head ) is what I'm curious about.

Now you've got me wondering how you would control the shrink.  Is it primarily time under pressure or absolute pressure that would control the compression amount?  How much psi would you have to hit it with?


I wonder if they ever took any aluminum objects into the Marianas Trench?  That would be a proof of concept.

[kstevusa]

Seems like I remember the preliminary research work  was by Dr. Timothy Leary back in late 50"s or early 60's. Some kind of CHEMICAL caused reality to become one's worst nightmare occasionally, but enabled mind expanding fantasies.  :-)

[roverman]

"Marianas Trench",  has much pressure-indeed, but how do you maintain 975 F ? I suspect shrinkage will stop when all of the porosity is gone, as in density of billet.  Sometimes, less IS more... roverman.

[Todd McCreary]

but how do you maintain 975 F ?


That's easy.

Encase the head in a uranium / inert matrix.  As pressure increases with depth and forces the U-238 molecules closer together you gain heat.

Where's a "hammer to the head" smiley when I need one.

[roverman]

gno,gno gno, in the alternate universe, densities, or the lack thereof, become reversed. Of course you'll need a self reversing/propelling worm hole ! Got one ?

[Todd McCreary]

This is what comes of asking me to solve problems for you.

I've never yet found a hammer that was too large for the job.