nomates Member 3 Member For: 10y 3m 1d Posted 07/02/22 09:39 AM Share Posted 07/02/22 09:39 AM First time building a barra and I've found a hole in the front of the head. What raised concern was the obvious signs of tool marks (most likely from a dremel). This suggests it was made after casting. My questions are: is this how they come from the factory?; is this a mod done to BF and later models? (I was advised the engine came from a BF) Photos of hole attached along with the only photo I could find on the web with a similar hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,420 Member For: 9y 5m 27d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 07/02/22 09:53 AM Share Posted 07/02/22 09:53 AM It goes; casting, knocking the casting out of the sand, chopping off casting runners, knocking out flashing, grinding the remaining flashing, bead blasting/cleaning, machining etc etc. It is normal to have left over flashing due to lazy fettlers and also normal to have grinding where the flashing used to be. And yeah that hole is there on every head 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates Member 3 Member For: 10y 3m 1d Posted 07/02/22 10:01 AM Author Share Posted 07/02/22 10:01 AM Thanks for the piece of mind! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,562 Member For: 16y 3m 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/02/22 10:16 AM Share Posted 07/02/22 10:16 AM who's mind did he give you a piece of? ... sounds like a crime has been committed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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