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Well these are just 706 heads. I'm probably going to go with them unless I find a cheap set, and that's not likely to happen. It'll be good experience. I've done a bunch of research, watched videos. It'll get done.
The spark plug thing is from over tightening them when they are put in. The heat and pressure tends tu fuse the threads together. They just need to be tight enough to seal.
Well, block and crank are home, no pics yet, to cold out. I stayed everything down with a mineral spirits/ oil concoction to keep them from rusting. I might start tearing the heads down tonight. So I can get the porting going.
Not sure if I mentioned it before, but it's worth saying again. Check to see if those heads were poured by Castech. Look for a symbol that resembles a battery (1 in photo) and if so, they are known to crack (2 in photo) and leak coolant into the oil. castech.jpg
Yes they are castecs. Thus is why I am somewhat reluctant to use them. But they aren't cracked now. And they have 90 k on them. Unless I can find some reasonably priced heads I'm going to run them.
862's are home, currently soaking in some purple cleaner. I need to make an adapter for my spring compresser. Welds came out super.
Rings and bearings are here too. The guy I got the heads from gave me a set of bolts for the heads but they don't apear to be correct. The lengths are all different.
I corrupted him and brought him here to this site. I think his user name is 99 Anthony. Young man's got a nice bird he's planning to turbo. Anyways thanks man and welcome aboard!
Last edited by zeeman; February 28th, 2016, 09:02 PM.
I did a conservative port match. Opened up the bowls, cleaned them up a ton, blended them into the seats. Bullet shaped the valve guide bosses. Then blended everything together.I also filed out the notches I had filled with weld. They came out good enough to run....but I'm probably going to have the heads decked anyways.
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