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Old 09-14-2007, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ventura7211
What was the final diagnosis of Cooper's IAII aluminum block that grenaded a year ago? There are pages and pages on the KRE blocks destruction, but I never read the cause of that particular IAII to come apart. TIA
Only failure I'm aware of from Cooper in 2006 was at Norwalk, when he broke the front of the crank snout off the crankshaft. That's not the fault of the block, that's from overdriving a large roots blower. Hemi and BBC crank snouts are bigger than a Pontiac's and can handle it better.

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