We called our friend Don Barrington at Barrington Engines in Van Nuys, California, a cracked engine block repair expert, to get an idea of what would be required to put our block back into service.

A crack in your engine block is a pretty intimidating problem. Here's how they happen, what you can do to fix it, and how to avoid the issue in the first place.

A machinist fixes a massive crack in an old cast iron engine block with a drill, a handful of bolts, and a tube of red loc-tite.

This Keith Black Hemi block originally ran in Chris “The Golden Greek” Karamesines’ Top Fuel Dragster, and although it’s cracked in many places, it can be fixed to run again.

J-B Weld is known as a great tool for closing voids and sealing cracks, so we figured it would be the perfect product for repairing our scuffed/gashed Subaru engine block surface. Simply masking ...