Zinc is a low temp metal, as Milr said is around 750 degrees. I did two weeks in a die shop that poured zinc dies and they kept the pots at 790 degrees.
It was better than the aluminum foundry I worked at.
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Maybe I didn’t quite follow what you were saying but the way I read your post was basically that had the covers been a zinc they would not melt as quickly but since they were Aluminum they almost certainly melted
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I also worked at a copper foundry for a few summers up in the upper where my grandparents lived, making trinkets and touristy things for vendors to sell.jamespmack Thanks this. -
Never heard of the place but this was before my time. I was just curious
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I’ve also never seen or even heard of a valve cover being zinc so that confused me as well.
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Are you sure about that?
I know some valve covers were steel with zinc plating for corrosion reasons but I have doubts that any valve covers have ever been zinc die casted. -
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