The Goat on Crack(s) Options

[The Iron Goat]

Soooooo.... pull of the ole highly ported 14b from Goat's Bane, and what do I see? Several large cracks staring back at me. Not just the little one's you normally find around the wastegate.... oh, no... huge monsters that go all the way throught this thing. Not only that, but this thing has been over-ported beyond the opening in the gaskets: recipe for air turbulence and trouble if you ask me.

Now, since cast iron can't be welded, I turn to chemical options. The best epoxy to be found was rated to 300 degrees, JB Weld was rated to 600. Not too bad, but I wanted something better. So I found a solution from Columbiacoatings.com that's right up my alley (waaaaay up my alley, if you know what I mean ) It's called high-temp LabMetal. Can be drilled, tapped, all that good stuff. Also heat rated to 1000+F. Perfect for my 14b. So can you smell what the Goat's cookin'? Thought I would share. Pics and full report to come.

[The Iron Goat]

Hey Goat, I like to see other options attempted and I will be interested to see how this turns out. At the same time I'm pretty skeptical and were it mee and not a money issue I would just get a better housing to re-port. Don't let me hold you back though. Necessity is the mother of invention they say.

That was kind of my thought. I don't NEED to do this, I just want to try it. But I'm not putting the turbo at risk just to see if the stuff holds mustard. I'm going to apply different amount of the filler to a piece of cast iron, and then take a MAPP torch to it for about a half hour or so, then tap on the pieces with a hammer to see how they hold. I figure that's a lot more brutal than what will be seen inside the turbo.

Even if I don't go through with this there are some other "special" applications for my car that I'll be doing with the filler. Just what, you may ask? Time will tell, Curious George. Time will tell. Oh, and I found out a neat trick if you have a pool and some brake fluid laying around, but I'm not sharing that one.