No I really haven't had a problem except this one time and it was my fault for hurrying. I got the new heads on a Thursday afternoon and had the car running Friday afternoon so I could have it in a parade on Sat morning! Kinda like Overhauling :-) I had trouble getting the right head in place and a dowel was missing so I messed up the gasket sliding it around. That 60 plus pounds at arms length over the fender was a tad hard for this old 5'7" 180lb codger. I needed some ballast on my feet as they kept raising off the floor when I bent over with the head :-) Good exercise though.Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies--On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Joseph Lemire <jlemire426@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
why are you having so many head gasket issues? is the surface warped? just curiousJoey--On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Richard Kinsley <leroar.kinsley058@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
--Hi Folks,I am in the process of getting 'ol LeRoar cured of the dreaded blown head gasket. I have had the heads off for some time and am getting ready to get serious again. I contacted ARP for head bolts and found a match for the short ones, #HAR2.875-5 at $2.81 each, for the 318poly. The long ones need to be special ordered. I am to call 805-525-1497 to have the price quoted and get an ETA. I will post all this info again when it's a done deal and on the way. I know many have had an interest in a poly set of head bolts.The other item I need to finish is my headers. I am going to get them powder coated in an aluminum finish. Kinda gunmetal gray looking. They have been blasted and prepped at this point. I have a rubbing issue I am going to have touched up with a welder before the coating and I have ordered a pair of 02 sensor bungs to be installed on each collector. I bought the steel angled style as opposed to the straight stainless. This eliminated the dissimilar metal issue for welding. Also I wanted the angled type. It seems like a better set-up for flow and I won't be adding sensors for awhile so in the meantime I may put on a crankcase evacuation system from the valve covers to those bungs. I will have to find the one-way check valves in order to do that and I will use some spare valve covers so I don't mess up my good ones.After these items are accomplished I can start putting it back together. I do want to get some tall, open top, conical air filters too so they protrude into the scoop area. An air box is something I want to think about too. My current filters are too short and have a closed top so they won't be very effective with my scoop blowing air straight down on them.I wanted to get some activity going here on the list so we'll all get excited again :-) Get working guys and gals.--
Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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