greasemonkey Member 85 Member For: 6y 11m 15d Posted 07/10/24 04:02 AM Share Posted 07/10/24 04:02 AM On 28/09/2024 at 11:55 AM, Puffwagon said: Here's some flame action WOAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,894 Member For: 9y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 09/10/24 07:21 AM Author Share Posted 09/10/24 07:21 AM Head gasket arrived today, will fit it tomorrow to be ready for driving on Friday and racing on Saturday. Also picked up a couple of jerrys of E85, it's $2.17 at the pump but $3.20 at the tracks. I'll drive the car home on 98 though, just give it a quick tune at the servo and it'll be sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tForMe Donating Members 260 Member For: 11y 4m 24d Gender: Male Posted 09/10/24 10:42 PM Share Posted 09/10/24 10:42 PM Very cool. I hope the gasket fitting goes nice and smoothly. Looking forward to hearing about the racing on Saturday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,894 Member For: 9y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 10/10/24 04:36 AM Author Share Posted 10/10/24 04:36 AM Well it's taken me exactly 3 hours to disassemble, clean and get the new head gasket fitted. I'll let it sit for an hour or so and check the torque again then put the rest of the sh*t back together. Should have it finished of this evening, maybe tomorrow morning depending on how farked I can be to work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowxr6t Member 560 Member For: 5y 11m 18d Location: New zealand Posted 10/10/24 04:46 AM Share Posted 10/10/24 04:46 AM Dont forget quality is best, not necessarily quantity, especially when fixing a barra that will chop a few at roll racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,894 Member For: 9y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 10/10/24 05:02 AM Author Share Posted 10/10/24 05:02 AM That is an odd thing to say about a headgasket install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowxr6t Member 560 Member For: 5y 11m 18d Location: New zealand Posted 10/10/24 05:10 AM Share Posted 10/10/24 05:10 AM Well if you dont get it done right, even though its easy, you might not be chopping many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,894 Member For: 9y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 10/10/24 05:14 AM Author Share Posted 10/10/24 05:14 AM Why wouldn't I do it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,985 Member For: 16y 7m 12d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 10/10/24 05:15 AM Share Posted 10/10/24 05:15 AM I dunno about you, but I couldn't get a head gasket replacement done in 3 hours he's saying you might have gone too fast and made a stuff up... but who cares if you did, you'll fix it because #pro-backyard-mechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,894 Member For: 9y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 10/10/24 05:20 AM Author Share Posted 10/10/24 05:20 AM Just to be clear, that wasn't rushing in any way shape or form. If I was rushing I would have done it in 2 hours or less. And it's not like I haven't built several 1000hp+ engines before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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