Well, this is the block that I am building up just mostly stock for now, so I have a nice reliable engine, but I plan on throwing boost at it later on during it's life. And I JUST had cam bearings installed in it, and I just taped it off and sprayed a layer of primer on it because I planned on painting it red. Well, I didn't see this crack in the block before all this, the primer brought it out and without the primer it was HARD to see. The crack is on the passenger side LOWEST bolt hole that the tranny bolts up to. It's all the way through to the bolt. Any suggestions on what I should do? I really don't want to go through having the machine shop to pull the bearings back out and then have them put them into a different block which I'd have to go find, buy, and clean up.
Does this crack need to be welded up by a welding shop? Or isn't it going to affect the strength a whole lot? The bolt still screws in there GREAT and it tightens up good. Without the bolt in the hole, you can't even see the crack, the bolt opens it up a bit. Here are some pics, let me know what I should do because I don't want to have to worry about this the whole time the the engine is in my car. Thanks
Does this crack need to be welded up by a welding shop? Or isn't it going to affect the strength a whole lot? The bolt still screws in there GREAT and it tightens up good. Without the bolt in the hole, you can't even see the crack, the bolt opens it up a bit. Here are some pics, let me know what I should do because I don't want to have to worry about this the whole time the the engine is in my car. Thanks