Project "Blown HD" my 6/8 drop/shortblock/heads/cam/blower/tranny install
01-03-2007, 07:29 PM
#931
The Fix:
info about the material I had the new spacer made out of:
Ultra-High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene (UHMW-PE) may be something unfamiliar. Polyethylene itself may be a familiar material, commonly used in milk jugs and other plastic packaging. This is typically a low molecular weight material. UHMW on the other hand is a polymer material with the toughness of a metal: composed of long polymer chains with a molecular weight of between 3 and 6 million. UHMW-PE combines the traditional abrasion resistance of metal alloys with the impact and corrosion resistance of synthetic materials. The resistance to abrasion, impact and corrosion of UHMW-PE exceeds that of many conventional structural materials. It has a number of other valuable characteristics in applications requiring superior wear resistance and sound deadening. Its self-lubricating properties eliminate the need for oil and greases, making it suitable for use in the food industry where contamination from lubricants would pose problems. High abrasion resistance makes it ideal for liners, enabling light aluminum trucks and trailers to carry sharp or abrasive loads. In the manufacture of separators for lead-acid batteries, UHMW-PE meets this demanding application due to its excellent corrosion resistance.
UHMW-PE has a melting point around 150°C (300°F), a tensile strength nearly twenty times greater than steel, this stuff is often used in bullet-proof vests and in the new synthetic winch cables.
info about the material I had the new spacer made out of:
Ultra-High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene (UHMW-PE) may be something unfamiliar. Polyethylene itself may be a familiar material, commonly used in milk jugs and other plastic packaging. This is typically a low molecular weight material. UHMW on the other hand is a polymer material with the toughness of a metal: composed of long polymer chains with a molecular weight of between 3 and 6 million. UHMW-PE combines the traditional abrasion resistance of metal alloys with the impact and corrosion resistance of synthetic materials. The resistance to abrasion, impact and corrosion of UHMW-PE exceeds that of many conventional structural materials. It has a number of other valuable characteristics in applications requiring superior wear resistance and sound deadening. Its self-lubricating properties eliminate the need for oil and greases, making it suitable for use in the food industry where contamination from lubricants would pose problems. High abrasion resistance makes it ideal for liners, enabling light aluminum trucks and trailers to carry sharp or abrasive loads. In the manufacture of separators for lead-acid batteries, UHMW-PE meets this demanding application due to its excellent corrosion resistance.
UHMW-PE has a melting point around 150°C (300°F), a tensile strength nearly twenty times greater than steel, this stuff is often used in bullet-proof vests and in the new synthetic winch cables.
Last edited by moregrip; 01-03-2007 at 07:44 PM.
No hurries... just gathering a few nic nacs 
01-04-2007, 02:15 PM
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ANYONE on here can simply ask a mod/admin to edit off topic post outta their thread if they wish, grippy just has the ability to do it himself. Next time you have a thread that you want some off topic stuff edited out of just let me know and I'll dictator it right out. 
Any further discussion about this stuff can go through PM's but, I just wanted to respond to your post in public so others could see it also.
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Last edited by moregrip; 01-05-2007 at 12:08 PM.
01-05-2007, 04:10 AM
#940
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Originally Posted by XLR8NSS
ANYONE on here can simply ask a mod/admin to edit off topic post outta their thread if they wish, grippy just has the ability to do it himself. Next time you have a thread that you want some off topic stuff edited out of just let me know and I'll dictator it right out.
Any further discussion about this stuff can go through PM's but, I just wanted to respond to your post in public so others could see it also.
Thanks
Any further discussion about this stuff can go through PM's but, I just wanted to respond to your post in public so others could see it also.
Thanks