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Back at it for a bit tonight . I decided to go ahead and drop the driver side cylinder head on tonight. Lubed up all the arp bolts and dropped then in. It quickly became clear that I'm not going to be able to torque down the bolts correctly with the header I place. Unlike the passenger side i...

Was able to slip out into the garage tonight for bit. I did a final clean of the block surface and wiped everything clean with acetone. I went at the passenger side first. I took one of the arp head bolts and just ran it down each hole to make sure everything was clean. Good thing I did...

Well just went out and put the valves and springs back in the heads. I opened up the exhaust gaskets, guess I didn't read the description close enough on the website? The sticker on the package says 383/440 large port? They are much larger than my factory ports and larger than the old set...

Got my second round of Christmas gifts today! My intake and exhaust gaskets , head gaskets , a set of arp headbolts and some assembly lube! Few questions I know the washers are a must with aluminum cylinder heads, but i should also use them with cast iron heads as well correct? When it...

I finished up porting the heads, I could have gone for hours more but was deffinantly getting into unknown territory and possibly just wasting hours more grinding! . I stopped where I felt comfortable. My day life is an automotive painter by trade . Brought the heads in the shop and put a...

I belive it is the 8519

Why these over the 8519 ?

You mean the instructions with the templates? Yes I belive I used them correctly

Not to much other than removing casting imperfections. My motor as it sits isn't made to make power above 6k . Do you think there is a lot to be gained in the pinch ?

I agree. And Deffinantly not by putting In a steel shim gasket , which gets my piston to head distance a little iffy as well. Now I could take it to the machine shop and have them take .020 off the heads .. put in my .039 gasket and go that route...... Question to clarify, when people say "...

Still grinding away over here. We got slammed with a winter storm last week so not to much work got done. But I've got a little more adventurous with the area around the valve guides and the exit of short turn into the chamber. I'm about 85 % done the second head. I will have to go back and...

I had to do this on my 68 as well. Also, are all the lights working ? Other than they will not flash for turn signal or hazards

Ok perfect! Im not going to worry about the thinner headgasket then.

What is the concern with the bore being slightly larger than the chamber ?

I didn't think it would be very close especially with the valve notches in the pistons. But then again, this is uncharted territory for me ! So I would need to throw the head back on rocker shaft , and set of rockers and push rods . Do a few rotations to open both valves , then pull the heads...

What you guys are talking about is bore of the cylinder being slightly larger than that of combustion chamber ? With .010 deck and then .039 headgasket does that not give me .049 between the piston and the head?

Entertaining the idea. The .020 gasket as mentioned before would get me around 10.2 CR .. not quite half a point. My guess is that gains from the compression increase are not worth the other troubles that come with it ? Plus I was also interested in what would need to be considered if I...

Looking for some help with my engine clearances. If I'm thinking of running a .020 headgasket , my main concern would be my valve to piston clearance correct ? How do I check this, I'm sure there is more than one way? Do I need to bolt everything together and physically check with some putty...

Well I checked the piston to deck height tonight. I zeroed the dial on the deck then moved over top of the piston. Gauge reads .009 will call it .010 down. Given 4.35 bore x 3.75 stroke 5.6 cc dish piston 86 cc chamber .01 deck .039 compressed head gasket = 9.8 : 1 I could go with a...

Stan don't be such a tease !! show the motor shots !!!