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the rocket wrote:what are you doing with the old pipes?

I am giving them to the leaping seal he reckons he used to play the bag pipes
No my brother or schmeagain will end up with
Sorry

no worries thanks.

Finally got some more time on the old and finished tacking the log headers


Time to pull the motor again and weld some unwanted holes

ITS SHMEAGAIN SWEET mate ill pick them up tomorow thay look good

Went over to schmeagains place on the weekend and cut some bits out of his windowless honey beige panelvan
The trimed them to size and had my first go at mig welding


Not to bad for a beginner

Looks like nothing wrong with that mate!

searsy wrote:Went over to schmeagains place on the weekend and cut some bits out of his windowless honey beige panelvan
The trimed them to size and had my first go at mig welding


Not to bad for a beginner

ITS SHMAGAIN SHMEAGAIN SHMEAGIAN Looks good man

Any one used procomp alloy heads on a chev v8 etc

on some sites they call them poo comp
the heads that are on you car now are pretty good all match ported big valves and so on
i dont think you need them but your car mate

basic.green wrote:on some sites they call them poo comp
the heads that are on you car now are pretty good all match ported big valves and so on
i dont think you need them but your car mate

I actually pulled the engine down and found the heads were ported to much and water is leaking into the valley
Just another in a list of many things that have had to be fixed replaced on the old girl
Sometimes I feel like putting a match to it but hey that's what you get when you buy sight unseen
Then again that's cars

Hey Searsy,
I'm not sure that porting will cause water leaks unless the heads are cracked ? If the heads are milled/faced to much (usually to gain compression) then the ports sit lower and that can cause the manifold to sit high and not seal right. Normally you have to machine the manifold to make it sit lower in the valley to match the heads. Also sealing around the water jackets with silicon is needed. Mate its all a matter of measurement and can catch a lot of people out

Anyway your work is coming along nicely.

Regards Greg

EK283 wrote:Hey Searsy,
I'm not sure that porting will cause water leaks unless the heads are cracked ? If the heads are milled/faced to much (usually to gain compression) then the ports sit lower and that can cause the manifold to sit high and not seal right. Normally you have to machine the manifold to make it sit lower in the valley to match the heads. Also sealing around the water jackets with silicon is needed. Mate its all a matter of measurement and can catch a lot of people out

Anyway your work is coming along nicely.

Regards Greg

Thanks Greg there is a brazed area in the head near one of the ports and water jackets
I can get this repaired and the heads recoed for $550 or I can get some pro comp heads for $750
The way I am leaning is the smaller pro comp heads and a hydraulic cam as I have never been a fan of solid cams on a daily
I have also replaced the stall from 4500 to a 2500 job
Just would like to make it a more streetable car
Have you had any experience with pro comp gear

gards Greg[/quote]
Thanks Greg there is a brazed area in the head near one of the ports and water jackets
I can get this repaired and the heads recoed for $550 or I can get some pro comp heads for $750
The way I am leaning is the smaller pro comp heads and a hydraulic cam as I have never been a fan of solid cams on a daily
I have also replaced the stall from 4500 to a 2500 job
Just would like to make it a more streetable car
Have you had any experience with pro comp gear[/quote]
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Hey searsy check out edelbrock heads at Summit racing in the States .........I bought a complete 420hp power pack and roller rockers a few months ago for under $2000.00 landed ........the heads were around $1000.00 for the pair ...FYI mate ...Fingers

Spent a few more hours welding grinding



Dame I wish I hadn't allready paid for the pro comp heads and got the edelbrock ones from the states

ITS SHMEAGAIN HAPPY 50th birthday for sunday