Originally Posted by LASTLS1

Well I'm happy with the power I made. I put about 500 miles on mine. I made four track passes. On the last pass N/A NEVER sprayed the 427, I got some coolant smoke after I restarted the car after sitting for five minutes. I have the motor out now. Everything looks fine. I called Steve and he said to run the evans and the MID gaskets. I have the new "correct" gaskets now! After the car cooled off overnight I started it and found no smoke or smell. But, I didn't drive it hard. Thats where I sit now. I had the heads shaved a couple thou. just to be safe. But now I'm waiting for the 225 AFR's, thats another story. It's weird, the standard cometic gasket had a small area at the top of the cylinder that looked like it was smashed "distorted" but not blown. I'm assuming thats where the coolant was coming from. As soon as the heads are done it's going back together.