Make slowboy not so slow

[sleepydsm]

i just want to throw this out there, but did you check all the valve stem seals and guides?
+1

[asshanson]

That will be checked when the head is off.

Noob question, can you reuse any types of headgaskets, like the permatorque or cometic mls? Like if I take the head off, turns out seals and guides are terrible so I fix that and reinstall the head. But then I need to take it apart again to also do the rings.

[Swifty1638]

keep in mind..these are two totally seperate things. You can do the seals without pulling the head either andrew..and if it burns alot of oil, that could very well be it.

-A. Swift

[Shane@DBPerformance]

Not unless you want to deal with it possibly pushing coolant. The Permatorque is sticky like fly paper and the Cometic MLS comes with it's own kind of coating on it that will likely stick the head and block when you remove the head. You could be ghetto and copper spray the MLS and try to reuse it. The Mitsu MLS would be the easiest one to try to reuse.

That will be checked when the head is off.

Noob question, can you reuse any types of headgaskets, like the permatorque or cometic mls? Like if I take the head off, turns out seals and guides are terrible so I fix that and reinstall the head. But then I need to take it apart again to also do the rings.

[asshanson]

I found out there are two types of Permatorque headgaskets: single layer and MLS. Which do I get?

[v8klla]

The multi-layer one is the new hot head gasket, unfortunately they are on backorder everywhere at the moment, we have several on order :(

[asshanson]

I will pick one up on Friday/Saturday with the bearings and my coated parts if you have them in by then :D

[v8klla]

I'm hoping but we haven't heard any updates :( What bearings do you need? ACL race for 6 bolt?

[asshanson]

Yep the tri-metals for 6 bolt, standard size. I called and was told you have several in stock. $35-40 for the set if I remember correctly?

[v8klla]

Do you need just rods or mains or the full set sir?