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Jedi Knight
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Well, the blown head gasket has forced me to take the car off the road for the week. On the plus side, it has allowed me to check a few things and the head will be going back on slightly better than it came off. Here's the list...
- Head milled .100" to raise compression ratio
- mild port job (intake runners only)
- Valves cleaned and lapped
- Viton valve stem seals installed
- new water pump
- fan delete
- electric fan with automatic controller
- Payen head gasket and all ancilliary gaskets
Hopefully I can get it back on the road in a week, we'll see how long the machine shop takes. Funny story, I told them I wanted "a tenth of an inch" off. "That's too much, you mean ten thou" said the owner. "No, really... a tenth" said I. Had to show them the low-comp head before they would agree to do it...
The bottom end looks / feels pretty solid, hopefully I can feel the performance gain... and this doesn't turn into a "season-ending injury"!
Now, to go fit that fan...
- Head milled .100" to raise compression ratio
- mild port job (intake runners only)
- Valves cleaned and lapped
- Viton valve stem seals installed
- new water pump
- fan delete
- electric fan with automatic controller
- Payen head gasket and all ancilliary gaskets
Hopefully I can get it back on the road in a week, we'll see how long the machine shop takes. Funny story, I told them I wanted "a tenth of an inch" off. "That's too much, you mean ten thou" said the owner. "No, really... a tenth" said I. Had to show them the low-comp head before they would agree to do it...
The bottom end looks / feels pretty solid, hopefully I can feel the performance gain... and this doesn't turn into a "season-ending injury"!
Now, to go fit that fan...