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kenny

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I bought this motor for $500, after finding a bunch of loose bolts I decided I should pull the heads and pan and make sure everything checked out.

 

I found it to have NA head gaskets, which would have lasted all of 20 seconds under boost as well as this...

 

http://i37.tinypic.com/2vsohmw.jpg

 

I thought it was odd when I pulled the plug and it was solid black... guessing he had something miswired or a bad coil back resulting in no spark. The cross hatching seems to look alright, but I can't decide if I should worry about the marks on the cylinder or not.

 

http://i33.tinypic.com/2077wnl.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/2mrxfux.jpg

 

Keep in mind this is just a "beater" motor until I get the other one built. At this point I'm thinking I'll just toss the heads back on (with the correct head gaskets) and run it. He claims it only has 378 miles on it, and from the looks of it, he isn't lying. Still, dunno if I like those marks...

 

Discuss.

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The NA headgaskets were prob about 3 dollars cheaper...and to whomever was putting that motor together fuck it thats a pack of smokes hahaha

 

 

but back on topic that cylinder looks fine as stated above no grooves that can be felt your good good luck with the build if you ever need an extra set of hands let me knowim usally bored as shit hence why im on cr at 316 am

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I think the reason for the head gaskets was the stock ones are no longer made by Felpro. He probably wanted all Felpro gaskets since that's what they came with stock.

 

Ohwell, gives me an excuse to buy RJC head gaskets. They're supposed to be rather awesome.

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Run it, the marks will go away on the first crank.

 

Who is going to do the heads?

 

I don't know yet. I need to call my transmission builder and see if his guy is still doing Buick work. If so, probably him (Frank Parvin).

 

Unless you've got someone local?

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