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Greetings to our Atomic 4 customers, we have compiled the following information that we hope you find helpful. For a complete listing of our Atomic 4 parts & services, you may visit www.moyermarine.com or call Ken at our phone parts line, 610-421-4436. To see a web version of this email, go to: http://www.moyermarine.com/newsletters/newblocks.html
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| New life for the Atomic 4... |
If you haven't visited our web site at moyermarine.com lately, you may want to do so to catch up on the news that new aftermarket blocks are now available for the Atomic 4.
We made this considerable investment in time and treasure in response to the fact that the Universal Atomic 4 has been making such a remarkable comeback in each of the twenty-plus years that we in MMI have had the pleasure of supporting it with aftermarket services. This continuing success is clear testimony, not only to the fact that the Atomic 4 was so well designed and manufactured, but to the really great owner maintenance which is now lavished on this wonderful old engine.
Over this same period of time, it also became rather obvious that the engine's usefulness as the logical auxiliary power plant for the tens of thousands of 27 to 35 foot sail boats from the 1960s and 1970s would likely outlive its three water jacketed castings (head, manifold, and block). Having brought new heads and manifolds to the market place quite some years ago, the introduction of new blocks now gives us the ability to produce quality rebuilt engines on into the distant future.
The alloy used in our new blocks is the ASTM standard traditionally used for engine blocks, featuring a higher than normal silicon content in the alloy (along with a sacrificial zinc) which increases their resistance to corrosion and damage from electrolysis in and around marinas with less than pristine electrical service leading out to their piers.
In addition to the other product information that you can read about on our web site, we thought you might find it interesting that the blocks are produced completely within the United States of America. The patterns and casting equipment, the casting itself, and the designing of necessary “fixturing” equipment to mount the rough castings a large C&C machine so they can be cost effectively machined, were all accomplished by small businesses within an approximate 75 mile radius of each other in Southeast Pennsylvania. We thought you might find this bit of background to be in happy contrast to the media hype these days which continues to imply that most serious manufacturing capability has left our shores.
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