Welding cast aluminum, How much warping? Options

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People weld cast heads all the time.. could I get away with welding large portions of a transmission case? (902) I have a wacky idea that just might work...

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QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 7 2005, 03:23 PM)

i wanted to build a 914 trans using an AL case too... bolt patterns and stuff are different on the intermediate plate (im told - havent confirmed) and that the Ring gear cant be flipped (im told - havent confirmed) you are doing a lot of beefing up for a v8..... you should be fine with a cooler and./or a Billet int plate......

I'd use the whole case, so bolt pattern differences won't matter.

The cutting and welding I'm talking about would allow the ring gear to be flipped.

I haven't yet verified that it can be converted to sideshift, but I'm guessing it can.

With the aluminum case, a cooler would probably become unnecessary due to the extra thermal conductivity. I already have the case, so unlike the billet intermediate plate, it's free. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)