Cheap head bolts: Read this
Yeah, everyone makes mistakes, but that was BEFORE the advent of the internet. Now we have LS1 Tech so no one makes these mistakes anymore, right? They just turn on their computer ahead of time and ask "How do I..." on this website and the mistake is miraculously avioded. Never forget that one ah **** kills two ata boys!
Ouch, sorry it was such an expensive "learning experience". Next time drop a drinking straw down each bolt hole and use youre hand to seal the straw to a shop vac nozzle to pull the coolant and oil out of the bolt hole. Only takes a few minutes. And take a look at ls1howto.com for a step by step. read it over just to make sure you didnt miss anything else.
Or turn your shop vac to blow and put it against the water pump holes on the block before pulling the heads. Use your free hand to direct spraying coolant into a drain pan. Works great... I didn't have coolant in any of stud holes and the heads were dry when I pulled them off.
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Or just reuse your stock bolts.....I had to do that, not by choice.
Lets just say that things are running fine and I have my car up in the 120-30 MPH range on a consistent basis as well as a day at the drag strip and day at a road course will no signs of trouble.
I definantly do not recommend it, but in my case it was necessary.
Lets just say that things are running fine and I have my car up in the 120-30 MPH range on a consistent basis as well as a day at the drag strip and day at a road course will no signs of trouble.
I definantly do not recommend it, but in my case it was necessary.
Originally Posted by Fast GTO
Or just reuse your stock bolts.....I had to do that, not by choice.
Lets just say that things are running fine and I have my car up in the 120-30 MPH range on a consistent basis as well as a day at the drag strip and day at a road course will no signs of trouble.
I definantly do not recommend it, but in my case it was necessary.
Lets just say that things are running fine and I have my car up in the 120-30 MPH range on a consistent basis as well as a day at the drag strip and day at a road course will no signs of trouble.
I definantly do not recommend it, but in my case it was necessary.
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I ordered head bolts from someone I trusted who said he was sending the right bolts. Once I got the bolts I started to disassemble the engine, took off the heads, put in the cam, went to install the new heads and noticed that the bolts I was given were the wrong length (at least most of them, I could only use 4 of the new ones).
The issue was that mid year on the 04 GTO they changed head bolt lengths. I told this to the guy I bought them from who assured me he knew which ones I needed. To say the least he was wrong, and since this is my DD I had to reuse a majority of my bolts.
But it is holding up and none of the bolts have started to untorque, so I am in the clear. Still pissed, but in the clear.
The issue was that mid year on the 04 GTO they changed head bolt lengths. I told this to the guy I bought them from who assured me he knew which ones I needed. To say the least he was wrong, and since this is my DD I had to reuse a majority of my bolts.
But it is holding up and none of the bolts have started to untorque, so I am in the clear. Still pissed, but in the clear.
