# Welding alum head

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-alum-head/127688
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [September 1, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-alum-head/127688 "2009-09-01T16:58:46Z")
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### Author: ![NewfoundlandDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@NewfoundlandDude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NewfoundlandDude)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-alum-head/127688/13 "2009-09-06T07:07:34Z")

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> [@Road Trip-AZ to NY.... Tons of Pics](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/road-trip-az-to-ny-tons-of-pics/23807/46):
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> The head can be welded but it needs to be normalized afterward, then brought back up to it’s original hardness, otherwise it will happen again.

Are you sure this applies to aluminum, and not just to steels?  
There would be no carbon (hardness) to play with…

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