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Maybe we are talking about different things? The ARPs are just a stud and a nut
I'll call them. Pic shows stud and nut, but the description on whatever site I was on said their locs were required, which didnt really make sense. The lengths were pretty different too
Heads are off. Liners looks fine, so that is a relief.
1209x's are off and i am just waiting sone 0.015" spring shims to get here for the 1238x's. the 1209x's showed 120lbs @ 1.800 on my tester, they are completely shot considering they should be 160 at that height. Crazy it happened that fast.
I pressed all of the Comp and T&D bushings out and got the Comp bushings pressed in the T&D's. Waiting some round machine shims to show up since the T&D's are narrower than the factory rocker. Just need to eat up some of the side to side play between the c clips.
Last edited by Ryans99ls1; Sep 24, 2024 at 07:54 AM.
I’m with you on getting to the track ,I have to have my fix at least once a year.
got my short block together.should be running in 3 weeks
cam should be here these week
just look at my email cam is on the way
Car is up and running again. All is good. Cam, lifters, liners all checked out. Pretty sure it was the passenger side gasket that got a tad angry but nothing all that obvious.
T&D's are on the Comp BSR shaft. Time consuming with my vice but straightforward. Comp studs aren't here yet but i has ARP bolts so i didnt wait. Still felt bad for those threads tightening down the shaft with all that spring pressure..
1238x's went in at 1.800" and cometic headgaskets got sprayed and installed.
Going patch the exhaust up on Monday/Tuesday and try to hit the track on the 13th, weather permitting.
Last edited by Ryans99ls1; Oct 1, 2024 at 10:10 PM.
Look good ,I’m interested in what times you’re going to run
hopefully I will be up and running this weekend
i always thought that Cometic MLS call for dry installation is recommended.
are you reusing them is that why your spraying them just asking?
Look good ,I’m interested in what times you’re going to run
hopefully I will be up and running this weekend
i always thought that Cometic MLS call for dry installation is recommended.
are you reusing them is that why your spraying them just asking?
At this point, i will be happy to complete an entire pass under power lol. I pulled 4 degrees and added fuel just stay on the safe side, since i don't know the state of the springs by the time we finished tuning.. So i will creep back up on things.
Cometic will never tell you to spray their gaskets, because they have a surface finish requirement. I am sure my heads meet it, but i doubt the deck does since the bottom end has never come out of the car. These are new gaskets but i sprayed them to absorb any variation in the surface finish on the deck. People have been copper spraying cometics for quite some time.
Have always used copper coat on all cometics and have never had an issue. Old habits die hard lol.
on the other side of the coin,I have never spray mine, I’ve installed at least 7 set on engines but I do let them set overnight and retorque the studs and have had a few loosen occasionally
on the other side of the coin,I have never spray mine, I’ve installed at least 7 set on engines but I do let them set overnight and retorque the studs and have had a few loosen occasionally
I did that on my last set. There was a few that took a little more the next day. But I also sprayed the gaskets this time, too, lol.
Weather not looking good for tomorrow so no track. We'll try again next weekend. Until then, fixed the x pipe. SS elbows and aluminum back. Fab guy was begging me to drop the headers so we didn't have to double up v bands but dropping the headers is a royal pain in the *** imo. It's dumped for now and ungodly obnoxious. We'll tie the mufflers back in over winter, this was a bandaid to get me to the track.
Side note, new guy is fantastic but I'm buying a welder and doing this **** myself from now on.
He didn't finish until this evening. I had to be in Cleveland today by 4 for family stuff, so i left detroit around noon.. tried to push it so I could make 42 tomorrow. Not in the cards, hurts the soul!!
He didn't finish until this evening. I had to be in Cleveland today by 4 for family stuff, so i left detroit around noon.. tried to push it so I could make 42 tomorrow. Not in the cards, hurts the soul!!
Are you back in Michigan now? Or are you still here? If you're still here tomorrow you should at least come to 42 for a bit!
Are you back in Michigan now? Or are you still here? If you're still here tomorrow you should at least come to 42 for a bit!
Still in Cle. I'm not coming to 42 without my car (plus i have the fam with me). It'll drive me nuts if the weather turns out to not be **** and I'm on the sidelines
Still in Cle. I'm not coming to 42 without my car (plus i have the fam with me). It'll drive me nuts if the weather turns out to not be **** and I'm on the sidelines
It's looking like the rain is going away by 9 or so now. Should be decent.
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