1965 Skylark LQ9 Retrofit / Swap - Build Thread
07-10-2011, 12:14 AM
#303
Pushrods are in but I had a little surprise slow me down. When I hogged out my Edelbrock intake to match the CNC ported heads, the area around the intake manifold port O-ring gaskets got too thin. I noticed that the metal was starting to cave in from the vacuum pressure of the engine. So, I had to fill in the grove where the O-ring gaskets would normally live with JB-Weld and use some Fel-Pro paper gaskets.
I finished with that today and it is all ready to go back together. Unfortunately, it will have to wait about a week as I am having shoulder surgery on Monday. I have to say, I am sad to see the rubber O-ring gaskets go. It is one of my favorite features of these new LS engines.
I finished with that today and it is all ready to go back together. Unfortunately, it will have to wait about a week as I am having shoulder surgery on Monday. I have to say, I am sad to see the rubber O-ring gaskets go. It is one of my favorite features of these new LS engines.
07-10-2011, 08:13 AM
#304
It must have been real thin for the vacuum to pull it in. I hate to hear that you will lose the o-rings but the paper gaskets are probably better any way. There were paper gaskets used on the intake I owned with the cathedral ports. The guy had them on there for years without any service interruptions. The only down side to the paper is they are not reusable.
Hope the surgery goes well! Thats going to put you out for about 6 weeks, right? I need both of my shoulders worked on but I have lived this long without being cut on I am going to see how long I can go. I have had to adjust the way I do things sometimes but so far so good. Arthroscopic or are they going to open it up?
Hope the surgery goes well! Thats going to put you out for about 6 weeks, right? I need both of my shoulders worked on but I have lived this long without being cut on I am going to see how long I can go. I have had to adjust the way I do things sometimes but so far so good. Arthroscopic or are they going to open it up?
07-10-2011, 01:09 PM
#305
It must have been real thin for the vacuum to pull it in. I hate to hear that you will lose the o-rings but the paper gaskets are probably better any way. There were paper gaskets used on the intake I owned with the cathedral ports. The guy had them on there for years without any service interruptions. The only down side to the paper is they are not reusable.
Hope the surgery goes well! Thats going to put you out for about 6 weeks, right? I need both of my shoulders worked on but I have lived this long without being cut on I am going to see how long I can go. I have had to adjust the way I do things sometimes but so far so good. Arthroscopic or are they going to open it up?
Hope the surgery goes well! Thats going to put you out for about 6 weeks, right? I need both of my shoulders worked on but I have lived this long without being cut on I am going to see how long I can go. I have had to adjust the way I do things sometimes but so far so good. Arthroscopic or are they going to open it up?
07-10-2011, 06:05 PM
#306
I have heard about numerous problems with that intake having that problem in the oring area even without port matching, just on the stock intake. Might want to do a google search on that problem area, I read that a few people had them replaced by Edelbrock, don't know if it will help in your situation due to the port matching?
07-10-2011, 07:09 PM
#307
I have heard about numerous problems with that intake having that problem in the oring area even without port matching, just on the stock intake. Might want to do a google search on that problem area, I read that a few people had them replaced by Edelbrock, don't know if it will help in your situation due to the port matching?
07-11-2011, 09:20 AM
#308
I've had both shoulders done myself (left one twice)...I surely don't envy you today. Hope everything goes well. If they give you the opportunity to use a machine called Game Ready, get it. It's like a shoulder wrap that hooks up with a couple hoses to a big box with a reservoir that you put ice and water in. You can program it to run as long as you like, and it circulates ice water through the wrap, and also massages your shoulder with air through the wrap. I swear that machine gave me more relief than the Vicotin they prescribed...They had it on me when I woke up in the recovery room, too. Worth its weight in gold, for sure.
Good luck man.
Good luck man.
07-11-2011, 05:03 PM
#309
If they give you the opportunity to use a machine called Game Ready, get it. It's like a shoulder wrap that hooks up with a couple hoses to a big box with a reservoir that you put ice and water in. You can program it to run as long as you like, and it circulates ice water through the wrap, and also massages your shoulder with air through the wrap. I swear that machine gave me more relief than the Vicotin they prescribed...They had it on me when I woke up in the recovery room, too. Worth its weight in gold, for sure.
Good luck man.
Good luck man.
07-11-2011, 05:07 PM
#310
You may be able to find a local distributor on your own. My insurance (BCBS) covered damn near all of it.
07-26-2011, 07:05 PM
#313
