Brodix cylinder head & block repair

[tkblkcobra]

Hopefully this is not a repost. These videos show what can be done to fix damaged aluminum cylinder heads and blocks. These men at Brodix are real craftsmen. I had not seen them until the sales manager from Brodix came to visit my employer.

[momo]

very nice.

[slow55]

Brodix has a very impressive machine shop.
The will even fix other manufactures heads as well, I used them to fix a set of AFR heads and they did a awesome job, couldn't even tell there was ever any damage.

[CRASH]

Now THAT is some interesting stuff !!

-Aaron

[jw33]

Don't they need to heat treat those parts, especially the block, after that kind of repair?

[Tx Redneck]

I would have said both items were toast. I'm impressed.

[DTM_Motorsports]

I live just a couple blocks from them. I enjoy going in there and watching them work

[68RR]

Brodix has a very impressive machine shop.
The will even fix other manufactures heads as well, I used them to fix a set of AFR heads and they did a awesome job, couldn't even tell there was ever any damage.

I noticed at the end of the video they stated they only repair Brodix products. Have they changed that policy??

Bill

[slow55]

I noticed at the end of the video they stated they only repair Brodix products. Have they changed that policy??

Bill

This was about 14 years ago so they might not do anything but thier own products now.

[turbostang]

Don't they need to heat treat those parts, especially the block, after that kind of repair?

Depends on material and what they're trying to do, but I'm pretty sure they at least strees relieve it. If you'll notice, in the first video - the big green box next to where they're putting in the sleeves. That's the oven / autoclave. In this case, they might have only used it to warm the block to install the sleeves (notice they're wearing gloves and dropping the sleeves in).

[brodix]

Sorry to bring this back from the dead. I saw this thread on google search and I'm glad to see the videos are spreading. We did offer to repair other products in the past but at the current time we only repair our own products.

Most repairs don't require heat treating again. However if it is needed we do heat treat them.

Also when someone send in the damaged product we give them a quote. If it is cheaper to buy new we let them know.

Thank you for posting the videos and helping spread the word. We are one of the few cylinder head manufactures that do everything in house. Our foundry is literally a block from our machine shop. That gives us the ability to control the quality of our product. Thank you guys for the support!

[turbostang]

THanks for joining the forum! Impressive work!

You don't have to google search to see where your youtube videos are going - there are stats attached to everyone's videos, and in there you can see the referrer links (who's posting and where they are posted etc).

[brodix]

Thanks. We have a great group of people working here.

[Darren M]

So, I've never gotten serious enough to look into cost new vs repair. Can someone tell me what the block/head would have cost new vs the repair cost?
(Very cool stuff, I would have probably trashed both!)

[YALE]

Can we get a DFWM discount? Wood bai!