[xl76]

Hello All
After 10 years of putting up with a cracked block I have started looking for a Donor engine as a replacement . of the 3 Vit 16 B engines I have looked at 3 have had cracks in the same place , 4 baleno engines I have looked at have cracks in other places as well as the usual places . So I during the search I have noticed You can get 16 B engine blocks from China . Has anybody gone this route yet if so is it worth it ?
what other options are out there for a replacement .
Ta Daz

[frak]

Wondered that myself. Where have you seen the cracks?

[Gwagensteve]

if japan couldn't cast a block that didn't crack, you reckon a chinese copy wouldn't?

[xl76]

Hey
so far cracks crack have shown up under the inlet manifold behind the exhast at the rear , number 3 main journal. Just the usual.
I think I will look into shares in Chemical weld

[missmyljdaze]

Gwagensteve wrote:

if japan couldn't cast a block that didn't crack, you reckon a chinese copy wouldn't?

Didn't Sideways have a look at one of these Chinese blocks - and figured it was cast out of concrete?

[jonno_racing]

keep looking.
I'm on g16b #4 and #5 in my current car's, there both crack free.
i have had some that bad that i wasn't sure how they held together

[got_bar_work]

Fill the block up with concrete and run a bigger rad and oil cooler