Swifty's never-ending project thread!

[LingLing]

Yeah buddy! Looks great! Nice work!

[turbotalon1g]

awesome, good luck man, you might make the 15th after all?

[Swifty1638]

I certainly hope it all works. I found another cometic hp hg I had, still sealed in the bottom most area of the bottom drawer in my toolbox..talk about lucky! So, it went together faster then I thought, because I didn't need to buy a new one. I hope it seals well enough after being copper sprayed, and I had to pull out...4 studs to get the washer down around them, for the headstuds, because the springs/seats are a lot beefier then before. The shim is also like 2-4 times thicker then stock. If this motor setup doesn't rev, I don't know how else to fix it. I over analyze things too much, but whatever..

[blackrosenova400]

Take a picture and show us the headgasket you wanted to reuse.....

[Swifty1638]

LOL, already threw it out, to force myself not to reuse it. I can take a pic of the sticker that came with the cometic though!

[niterydr]

Looking good!

[awd-drifter]

lookin good man. when my cousin heard the car, he told me it sounded pretty mean. hopefully it'll ride even meaner ;)

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Looking good! A trick I always do is that before you put the head down on the studs, put the washers down in the holes where they belong. It makes it more of a pita to get on, but makes it easier, since you don't have to pull the studs.

[Swifty1638]

true, I wasnt thinking. It was hard holding the head and intake mani and dropping it down on the car, by myself, leaning over the car. But, I got it. I just hope it holds together.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

As long as you got the studs good and tight again before you put the nuts back on, it should be fine.