Brass or steel ? Thanks

Brass

Steel

I'm on the brass side


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

I’m inclined to use brass, especially if the engine is in the car and getting to it is difficult. It’s a little softer to drive in, or so it seemed. Either way I use a non hardening sealer and clean the block as best I can. On an engine stand with a boiled block, either steel or brass. I think brass is more forgiving of lack of maintenance (proper mix of anti freeze and changed as required), but if you're taking proper care, steel is fine.

miker
55 bird, 32 cabrio F code
Kent, WA
Tucson, AZ

I have no idea, I just figured somebody has to take the other side of the equation.

Cork.

"FREE SAMPLE"

factory used steel.

...that doesn't mean it was necessarily a good idea. In accounting, there used to be a term called the "Mill" which is 1/1000 of a dollar. If you pay property tax you already know about millage rates based on per $1000 value.

If the beancounters could save 1/4 cent on a part or gee-gaw, that was a big deal. Ain't corporations and horses built by committee grand?

If using brass, you need to BRASSO them every so often -

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