I went from one head to the other, using the 7/16 or the 3/8 bolt hole in them...Front to rear..Question number 2. I'm about an hour away from pulling the engine out. Where do I attach the chains or load leveler on the engine? If there ever were the stock engine lift hooks on the engine, they're no longer thereI still have the accessory mount mounted on-- minus the AC and Power Steering.
One last thing, when spinning the pulley on the power steering pump by hand, it doesn't easily free spin-- I'm feeling some resistance. Is that normal? Power steering driving wise was never a problem.
If that chip gets into the threads of that bolt hole I would chase the threads and clean them up before trying to insert a fastener, but otherwise it looks like there is plenty of gasket surface left in that area and plenty of threads left in that bolt hole. I don't think it will cause any problems.2 more questions, but I'll post them in 2 separate posts.
For this post, I came across a set of gt40p heads that were being sold close to me with upgraded springs. The price was $250. When I met up to take a look, I noticed one of the bolt down holes was chipped. The seller assured me it's not an issue. I figured I take a chance because $250 is way cheaper than $1200 for the aluminum heads and I don't seem to find may of these for sale around me at any decent price.
Do you think this will be a problem?
yea, agree there's plenty of threads. My only concern is will the bolt head have something to sit against to tighten down.If that chip gets into the threads of that bolt hole I would chase the threads and clean them up before trying to insert a fastener, but otherwise it looks like there is plenty of gasket surface left in that area and plenty of threads left in that bolt hole. I don't think it will cause any problems.
It appears to me that the hole in question is for the intake manifold, in which case the head of the bolt will be up against the lower intake, not the cylinder head.yea, agree there's plenty of threads. My only concern is will the bolt head have something to sit against to tighten down.
As long as that chip doesn't prevent the bolt from threading in properly, I don't think you will have any issues at all. I would be careful to make sure it doesn't cross thread, but that would be my only concern.So you saying all will be good?
I told you I'm a hack@General - man I would be cautious with a nut under it because if it backs off wouldn’t it fall into the lifter valley?
I’m not a fan of the aluminum threads on the heads to torque an intake down. Pulled a couple on the AFR’s using bolts and had to heli coil them so that is when I switched to using studs and zero problems since.
Wow, learning something new. Had to google it. I thought a bolt is a bolt is a boltI would run studs and not bolts. Studs are not as hard on the threads as they only exert a pulling force where bolts exert a pulling force coupled with a twisting force.
Can't go wrong with ARP. Yeah there is cheaper stuff but be honest, not that much cheaper and no warranty.Wow, learning something new. Had to google it. I thought a bolt is a bolt is a boltFound ARP 354-2103 online-- unless you know of something cheaper.
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