A little background first. I bought the head a few years back and it was refurbished by a reliable source. Can't remember the specs on it thats how reliable the source is, knows what he is doing if you will. I put the head on and it ran fair so I played with timing and jetting to get it running better. There is not a port divider installed and the over the counter exhaust gasket burned out at the 3/4 ports. Continued to drive it until the heat got up into the home made intake gasket and it burned up in short order. I was running the 1.6 ratio rocker assy and it threw both pushrods in cylinder #2. Put them back in and the car ran for a few miles more then shut down completely. Car sat for a few years until I got off my butt and did a compression test. 150 at both ends 120 at 4/5 (blown head gasket for sure) and 180/175 respectively at 2/3. Pulled head and it appears it never sealed properly (coolant leaks) but no tell tale tracks of compression leak at 4/5. No bent push rods or valves and no holes in the pistons (than you!). It appears the final let go was in cylinder two which had alot of gook (massive coolant leak?) on the piston. Add the lower compression in 4/5 and that is probably what caused the no start situation.
I now have the correct intake gaskets, a header gasket from Mike, and a new head gasket. The head was ported, polished and cc'd. Will the over the counter head gasket work with the OZ head? Are there any tips on getting the thing to seal up this time? I know about the water jacket up by number one cylinder being troublesome. ANY help will be appreciated. Just want this thing back on the road so I can teach my son to drive
I now have the correct intake gaskets, a header gasket from Mike, and a new head gasket. The head was ported, polished and cc'd. Will the over the counter head gasket work with the OZ head? Are there any tips on getting the thing to seal up this time? I know about the water jacket up by number one cylinder being troublesome. ANY help will be appreciated. Just want this thing back on the road so I can teach my son to drive