Pulled intake on the car yesterday to get it cleaned up and resealed and found #1 cooling jacket has minor pitting, #8 has pretty severe.
The intake bolt that goes through the coolant pipe didn't feel good when removing and upon inspection looks like a helicoil has come loose? Assuming since Edelbrock aluminum head and relatively low torqued to hold an intake probably wasn't helicoil from Edelbrock and is a failing repair?
I have had people say to pull the head and get it welded and also JB weld and send it?
You all experienced this before and what paths to repair did you take?
Pull one head I guess I should pull both and send out to get gone through?
Engine has approximately 20-25 years on it originally Keith Craft 306 with vortech.
I don't know prior history. Guessing old coolant allowed current path to do this pitting damage.
Looking for help, ideas, experience, thanks.
Worst jacket back of driver side head, heads are ported worth saving or would newer heads flow better?
Falied helicoil repair?
Front pass side by #1 cooling jacket just minimal
The intake bolt that goes through the coolant pipe didn't feel good when removing and upon inspection looks like a helicoil has come loose? Assuming since Edelbrock aluminum head and relatively low torqued to hold an intake probably wasn't helicoil from Edelbrock and is a failing repair?
I have had people say to pull the head and get it welded and also JB weld and send it?
You all experienced this before and what paths to repair did you take?
Pull one head I guess I should pull both and send out to get gone through?
Engine has approximately 20-25 years on it originally Keith Craft 306 with vortech.
I don't know prior history. Guessing old coolant allowed current path to do this pitting damage.
Looking for help, ideas, experience, thanks.
Worst jacket back of driver side head, heads are ported worth saving or would newer heads flow better?
Falied helicoil repair?
Front pass side by #1 cooling jacket just minimal