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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Bellhousing alloy?
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Wed, 26 March 2003 02:02
 
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Heya,
as it is a casting alloy it usually has high silicon etc to improve the casting fluidity (to get into the thin spots without freezing)
i offer my services to analyse a chunk of bellhousing material if you can send me a piece that is at least 5mm in size. i have access to electron microscopes at uni and regularly analyse material to within 0.5-1% accuracy. find me a piece of bell housing!!! 
other than that,
the aluminiuum alloy A356 has 6.93%Si, .336Mg, 0.026Cu, 0.005Zn, 0.113Fe, .100Ti, 0.013Pb, 0.042Sn, 0.006Ni and 0.005Cr.
basically the major component (apart from aluminium) is the silicon with nearly 7%. the other components come from either the grain refining additions (just prior to casting) or for aging purposes (this alloy usually has the T6 aging treatment applied)
T to W?? isn't that the 3TGTE bellhousing?? i took one of those over to the US last year to exchange for a 4KE injection setup. surely they are still around somewhere???
hope this all helps....
Cya, Stewart
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