ebay brake rotors--forging...

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

LOL...

  Yeah, I did learn something interesting about this though...  A close friend 
went where they make Morgans in England years ago.  He saw in the back that 
they had brake drums and blocks waist-high, piled out in the open...  He asked 
what was all the waste rubble lying around, and they replied that those were 
new rotors and blocks, aging...  They said that they let them age a minimum of 
two years, then bring them in and machine them for use.  Why?  They actually 
forge over time, from the hot-cold of day and night repeated several hundred 
times.  That, and this is in England, which has to be one of the rustiest (is 
that a word?) places in the world...  I thought that was very interesting...

  On a side note, most seasoned engine builders prefer to build a good used 
block over a brand new one for this reason.  The number of heat cycles work 
hardens the block...  The one obvious exception to this rule has to be VW 
aircooled blocks.  Ultimately, they should not be reused....

Just food for thought....

Regards,
  David Utley
Quoting Euroroc II <flaatr@yahoo.com>:

> Some one needs to buy these... they're like new!!!
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=33564&item=2465387184
> 
> -Raffi
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