# Unusual Small Block Chevy **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643 "2007-08-06T23:44:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![German\_with\_a\_Bowtie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/german_with_a_bowtie/32/5967_2.png) [@German\_with\_a\_Bowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/German_with_a_Bowtie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/1 "2007-08-06T23:44:07Z")
Magnesium :ugh2: [http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120148946736&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:us](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120148946736&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:us) ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/2 "2007-08-07T01:53:22Z")
:ugh: ---
**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/3 "2007-08-07T04:51:50Z")
I wouldn’t trust magnesium for that application. It oxidizes far too easily, and from the pics it has no surface coating to protect it either. ---
**Author:** ![thebaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@thebaron](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thebaron)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/4 "2007-08-07T05:08:32Z")
I’ll rather have the Chevy “Hemi” engine sans the zillion dollar price tag… ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/5 "2007-08-07T06:22:28Z")
Magnesium + high temps. Not a good combo. ---
**Author:** ![1st\_v-dub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ee7513/32.png) [@1st\_v-dub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1st_v-dub)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/6 "2007-08-07T06:27:22Z")
> [@FS: A "green" Z6 block & tranny...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-a-green-z6-block-tranny/31420/21): > > Magnesium + high temps. Not a good combo. I thought vw used either a magnesium head or block in some of the old beetles? I remember my high school chem teacher saying the local fire department rolled up on the scene of an accident and tried to douse it with water. Of course that only made it worse. > [@someinternetsource](#): > > BUILDING BLOCKS. > One of the primary application areas for aluminum in vehicles is under the hood—as in blocks and heads. What about magnesium blocks? “There are magnesium blocks,” Showalter says. “On racing cars.” A problem with more conventional engine applications is that the coolant tends to react with the magnesium, causing corrosion. One of the all-time greatest uses of magnesium did occur under the hood—at least the hoods that were located where the trunk is ordinarily located. The VW Beetle and the VW Super Beetle both had magnesium engine blocks (AS21 and AS41, respectively). They were, it should be noted, air-cooled engines. (Audi, which is part of Volkswagen AG, continues to work with the light metal in powertrain-related applications. For example, the air intake module on its W12 engine is magnesium, as are various components, including the cylinder head covers, on its V8. The company’s multritronic CVT and five-speed manual transmission both have magnesium housings.) ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/7 "2007-08-07T06:41:18Z")
Magnesium engine components on burning VW’s, not a good thing!!! That’s the same story I heard. ---
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/8 "2007-08-07T14:11:23Z")
> [@FS: HIDN PWR - Turbo Cavalier](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-hidn-pwr-turbo-cavalier/31767/11): > > I’ll rather have the Chevy “Hemi” engine sans the zillion dollar price tag… this Chevy Hemi ??? ![http://www.fresnorecycling.com/images/zr1_sideview_384x288.jpg](http://www.fresnorecycling.com/images/zr1_sideview_384x288.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/9 "2007-08-07T14:42:24Z")
^^ That’s not a Hemi. Just an LT5. The magnesium block would be better for a display in a museum, than for use in a car. ---
**Author:** ![G3ARH3AD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@G3ARH3AD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G3ARH3AD)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/10 "2007-08-07T16:19:24Z")
![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/hemi.jpg](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/hemi.jpg) chevy hemi ---
**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/11 "2007-08-07T21:44:21Z")
Buy that Magnesium block and throw it in a pool of Hydochloric Acid. …And Run! ---
**Author:** ![T34418L31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@T34418L31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T34418L31)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/12 "2007-08-07T21:48:11Z")
Buddy of mine had a bag full of magnesium shavings. We used to have bon fires and toss handfuls into the fire 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/13 "2007-08-08T15:14:06Z")
> [@G3ARH3AD"](#): > > chevy hemi That’s an Arias Hemi, not a Chevy hemi. It don’t look like a single Chevy part is on it. ---
**Author:** ![AeroKing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aeroking/32/6011_2.png) [@AeroKing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AeroKing)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/14 "2007-08-09T06:20:48Z")
> [@Well i think we have a winner finally!! \*NO 56K\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-think-we-have-a-winner-finally-no-56k/31778/34): > > That’s an Arias Hemi, not a Chevy hemi. It don’t look like a single Chevy part is on it. ok, hot shot, show us a pic of a Chevy Hemi. ---
**Author:** ![KeithO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@KeithO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KeithO)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/15 "2007-08-10T03:03:37Z")
While he says it is a prototype, he does not say what the stated goal of the prototyping was. I would be interested in what GM was trying to learn by making these (assuming it is real). If it was a weight exercise, then I have to wonder why they just didn’t go with aluminum since it is more readily available and likely much less expensive. If the exercise were for something else, I’d like to not only know what they were trying to learn but also what they did learn. …it would make one hell of a sleeper/cheater motor… ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/16 "2007-08-10T06:24:57Z")
> [@Well i think we have a winner finally!! \*NO 56K\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/well-i-think-we-have-a-winner-finally-no-56k/31778/34): > > That’s an Arias Hemi, not a Chevy hemi. It don’t look like a single Chevy part is on it. except for maybe the Chevy emblem. :ugh2: ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/17 "2007-08-11T08:00:24Z")
> [@290 West Speed Trap](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/290-west-speed-trap/31814/9): > > ok, hot shot, show us a pic of a Chevy Hemi. I never said one even existed. ---
**Author:** ![dave\_dominick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@dave\_dominick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dave_dominick)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/18 "2007-08-11T08:08:19Z")
big block semi hemi [http://www.sonnysracing.com/](http://www.sonnysracing.com/) ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/19 "2007-08-11T08:14:32Z")
> [@FS: Spyder Imagine PBG](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-spyder-imagine-pbg/31867/2): > > big block semi hemi [http://www.sonnysracing.com/](http://www.sonnysracing.com/) Nice. I was talking “factory” Chevy Hemi. ---
**Author:** ![thebaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@thebaron](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thebaron)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2007, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643/20 "2007-08-11T08:44:35Z")
![http://www.firstgen.com/Large/DSC_0002.jpg](http://www.firstgen.com/Large/DSC_0002.jpg) Believe I found it. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unusual-small-block-chevy/191643.md?page=2)