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Raw as-cast V8 engine block in foundry sand, unmachined main web…

Raw as-cast V8 engine block in foundry sand, unmachined main webs and cylinder skirts visible
Raw as-cast V8 engine block in foundry sand, unmachined main webs and cylinder skirts visibleOriginal file
Raw as-cast V8 engine block in foundry sand, unmachined main webs and cylinder skirts visible

the Tod Buttermore blockView all 56

Rear bellhousing face of a machined V8 block with rear main seal bore and bolt pattern Freshly decked V8 cylinder bank with four bright bores clamped in a machine tool Front timing-cover face of a bare V8 engine block showing cam bore and coolant passages Bare cast-iron V8 block on a pallet showing honed bores and main bearing saddles Overhead view into the bottom of a machined V8 block showing eight honed bores and main webs Machined V8 block on its side showing one deck with four bores and the cast lifter valley Ford engine block casting number D2AE-CA stamped above 8N8 on machined pads Raw as-cast V8 engine block in foundry sand, unmachined main webs and cylinder skirts visible Bare bead-blasted V8 engine block standing on a pallet, viewed down the lifter valley Clamped pink resin sand casting mold set up on a foundry floor ready to pour Rough as-cast iron V8 engine block on a pallet showing four cored cylinder bores Raw unmachined iron V8 engine block casting on a wooden pallet outdoors Raw as-cast V8 engine block on a wood pallet with riser stubs and casting flash still attached V8 engine block front face fixtured on a Hitachi Seiki machining center table Rough-cast V8 block fixtured on a machining plate, four unmachined bores facing the camera engine block on a machining fixture 56photos in this albumView all

Rough as-cast V8 engine block lying in foundry sand immediately after shakeout, still gray with mold sand and unmachined. The open bottom shows the raw main bearing web bulkheads and cylinder skirts, with sprue and riser stubs still attached along the side.

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