Help me tear down and inspect my 440..

[BSB67]

What's everyone favorite way to clean up the heads . Get a Tupperware tub and go to town with some degreasers ? Obviously a parts washer would be ideal but I don't have one of those!

Small hand/detail wire brushes and various wire wheels chucked in a drill. You can buy those plummer hand held wire brushes for cleaning the ID of tubing and cut off the handle and chuck it up too. Works pretty good for getting into the ports. Mineral spirits. Final clean with lacquer thiner or carb cleaner.

 

[Canadian1968]

Thanks

Small hand/detail wire brushes and wire wheels chucked in a drill. Mineral spirits. Final clean with lacquer thiner or carb cleaner.

Thanks I always appreciate your input .

Answer some of your questions

Yes MPH was 107 for the 12.6 run. PB is 109 mph..

Yes running pump gas , 91 octane. Never had any detonation that I can tell. I did not install the cam , I sent the motor off to shop for full rebuild I think 9 years ago now. Never did find out EXACT compression I hope to do that this time with motor pulled apart. But figure around 9.8 : 1

I'm thinking it was head gasket , there are no OBVIOUS signs yet that I can see. I do belive my head bolts to be a possible culprit . They are the originals and think they are probably stretched?

I want get the templates and see what they look like. I had done some general pocket porting when I had the motor rebuilt. But I only did the intake side . I want to do the exhaust and again check my intake with the templates. The valve seats were a definite point of conversation when I had them rebuilt. The way we did it was I did my porting then gave them back to the shop and they cut the valve seats and assembled the heads/ motor . I am interested to see what it looks like when I pull the valves out .

I plan on doing a quick leak test , just putting some alcohol down the ports to see if anything leaks past the valves.

 

[Canadian1968]

Well...... pretty sure that's not supposed to leak.... and yes those are those are the 2 low reading cylinders !