We have decided to try a new foundry. I had hoped to use the local foundry but confidence has slipped over the past few months.
We had the head foundry guy down from the new foundry last week to look things over. They are all at the SEMA show this week so nothing is happening this week.
The plan is to deliver the patterns next week. They will make recommendations regarding gating so I can make necessary changes. I had hoped to have cores and castings made at one location but the new foundry is too automated for our core boxes and it will take too much modification to make them compatible with their equipment. So the core boxes will go to a separate core shop.
I am confident that we can get into production soon as this foundry casts heads every day and should have encountered any problems that might crop up before and know how to deal with them.
With a little luck we can get this show on the road.
http://ford-y-block.com 20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico