So we're all pretty much self taught in the shop as far as welding goes, to my understanding I've only seen peening done with stick welding and steel, I've never seen it or heard of it being done on aluminum, but to answer your question, no we did not. I don't think it would have helped though, there just wasn't enough good parent material in there when we started repairing it the first time, and a lot of the "good metal" that could have been welded to was deeper in the bore and effectively out of position for a good weld. Unfortunately we can't save them all.
@@GodzillaRaceworks thanks for the response, we're all in the process of learning something new to hone our skills. It's worth looking into, based on some quick searches it would be beneficial to do your initial pass, peen to compact the metal, then take another pass with the welder to prevent porosity/cracks. Keep the posts up, I especially enjoy the S30 content.
