Recent content by moparsons

Didn't have the white smoke. I hope to find a leak point in the gaskets. The rebuild isn't very old...but the previous owner did it. Really hope I don't have a Crack somewhere.

Will do.

Yea...definitely going to investigate while it's apart. If they won't seal this time and I don't find an obvious leak point...I'll have a shop tear the whole thing down and check it out and freshen it up again.

Coolant in the oil

I think that is what is in it now. Which ever felpro comes with the gasket kit. I may go with them again as everyone says they do just fine. I'm hoping maybe they just weren't torqued properly and I don't have something more serious going on.

They're just my stock heads cleaned up with new valves and seats.

Yea...Cometic recommends their 4.25 gaskets for my 4.15 bore. May just go with felpros again....gonna retorque and change oil before I decide to tear it apart again.

Thanks! Will do! I started a rest thread a while ago....haven't got much done for a while. Hopefully lots of updates from now through the spring.

Totally agree....If I was starting from scratch or purely after performance...I would definitely go 440. But the 361 is original to the car and was a fresh rebuild. When I get these head gaskets sealed up...I'll be on the road.

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Thanks. Good advice. I'm not actually machining anything right now though...just ordering head gaskets (cometics are bore specific). I'm taking the previous owners word that it's. 030 over...will obviously eyeball the gaskets vs. the cylinders.

Before this turns into something...I apologize. Maybe the smart *** comment was out of line. I'm new around here and don't want to step on toes. But I did try Google first...and after a couple pages of results...came up empty...so I decided to ask here. Had an answer that I trust quickly. I...

That's great...but he doesn't seem like the helpful type. At least not this time.

This IS the internet smart ***. Thanks for the insight.

Thanks. That's what I was thinking. They don't have that listed. Maybe I'll email them.