Valve seat material in aluminum casting
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With wrought aluminium you can often get away with machining the seat in the aluminium itself as per the Vega V twin aero engine.
Personally, for cast aluminium heads I prefer to press/shrink fit a seat/ guide cage into the head made from either Phosphor bronze or cast iron.
Rich
Personally, for cast aluminium heads I prefer to press/shrink fit a seat/ guide cage into the head made from either Phosphor bronze or cast iron.
Rich
Thanks, Creast. I’ve got both of those materials in hand; I’ll give them a try and see which one works best for me. I hadn’t thought about the seat/guide cage method.
