hustler

iTrader: (6)

Moment of terror:
I just realized I made a mistake. I thought I sucked-up all the oil/water in the head-stud bungs but there was some left, so when I tightened the headstuds it probably forced some fluid out, under the headgasket, contaminating the surface.

Should I pull the headgasket, clean, and start over?

Braineack

iTrader: (62)

I dripped a ---- ton of oil out of my head last time I did a head swap. I was handling it myself with a really shitty HG that wouldn't align very well, I had to remove the rear dowel; it wouldn't fit over. Seems to still be holding compression well -- YMMV.

hustler

iTrader: (6)

Things are looking up.

curly

iTrader: (25)

lol, you read eyesoreracing's page, didn't you.

hustler

iTrader: (6)

Yes. It never dawned on me that when I was tightening the studs down, that any oil or water in them would NOT fold into another dimension through a worm-hole.

18psi

iTrader: (76)

lol. the 1st thing you do when you rip off a head is soak up the oil from the head stud holes. n00b

hustler

iTrader: (6)

I failed in execution. I thought I soaked it all up with my 8-little rags, but apparently I didn't go down deep enough.

Do I need to tear this thing apart or what?

shuiend

iTrader: (24)

Practice makes perfect.

18psi

iTrader: (76)

I doubt it. id leave it as is.
if it holds/works and holds compression and no leaks why would you wanna do that?

hustler

iTrader: (6)

Because it has not been tested yet. I have my first weekend at the track in a few days, I don't want to break the car 5-hours from home.

shuiend

iTrader: (24)

Where is your van and uhaul car trailer?

18psi

iTrader: (76)

then go test it lol
beat the ---- out of it for a couple hours then do compression/leakdown which will take all of like 30 minutes

hustler

iTrader: (6)

I don't have enough cash to buy that stuff yet. I'm getting the van next month, the trailer a couple months later.

hustler

iTrader: (6)

It doesn't really work like that. Show me a stretch of road where I can go 0-100-0-100-0-100-0-100-0-100-0-100-0-100 about 50 times and I'll call it done.

Faeflora

iTrader: (2)

[quote=hustler;825008]apparently I didn't go down deep enough.
/QUOTE]


That's what he said.




You don't know your area well enough. Test tracks are everywhere. I say floor it and then drag your brakes so you are boosting and not accellerating. Hold that at 60mph for a while until something catches on fire. Yay.

Seriously though that is valid for load testing

18psi

iTrader: (76)

if I can find a long stretch of road between two fields in the middle of bum f*ck egypt here in clusterf*cked Cali, you should not have a problem at all in the great state of Texas s0n

don't be a beech

Reverant

iTrader: (10)

Come to Greece. You can do 120 in a 75 zone for two hours straight and not get pulled over.

shuiend

iTrader: (24)

Isn't the van your GF dad's? Could you not just borrow it for the one weekend and then rent a uhaul trailer.

Faeflora

iTrader: (2)

To save your brakes just attach the van to your miata bumper, put the van parking brake on and load your motor right up pronto.

Seefo

iTrader: (5)

make sure you do this with a rope please.