I have thought of the same thing in the past but never done it dont know what if any benefit would come of it other than looks.
Quite right, my Ford Guru machinist showed me the two he uses to do them, one regular length and a second at about half the length......I have the same issue here in Memphis.
To further complicate things, it is my understanding that you may need two (2) different taps - - one to start and another "shorten" one to finish. It is definite cost prohibitive to buy the tap(s) when you are only doing a couple of blocks.
I have decided to let Dave McLain do my block as he is relatively close to Memphis and has told me that he has the taps.
Good Luck!
BT
true--- you only need one tap for 429-460 blocks. availiable at any industrial tool supplier.Pretty sure it's been mentioned on here you can get away with 1 tap for big blocks because there is enough room for it to go in, small blocks require 2 taps .
In addition to the expansion plugs staying put, the threaded plugs offer some increased block rigidity where every bit helps...I have thought of the same thing in the past but never done it dont know what if any benefit would come of it other than looks.
a greenfield of ebay looks to be a bottoming tap so I didnot need to purchase two diff taps had no issues starting tap cast iron cuts very easy... Still waiting for FRPP plugs to come through summit must be on back order... Tap off ebay> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330451161042&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:ITLooks like it came out good. Do the caps screw in flush? Which tap did you end up buying?
Can't pull site up.a greenfield of ebay looks to be a bottoming tap so I didnot need to purchase two diff taps had no issues starting tap cast iron cuts very easy... Still waiting for FRPP plugs to come through summit must be on back order... Tap off ebay> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330451161042&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT