final steps of engine build, need help

[JenkinsBS]

well, i just got my new head bolts in the mail and need to know the best way to put them on. I have my whole engine all assembeld and in the car, ready to go, no upper intake, but the head bolts the machinest used have been reused 2 times before, by me

so im thinking i can take the old head bolts out in that torqing pattern, replacing them with the new ones, one by one... would that work? i dont feel like pulling my lower intake off.

thanks

b.j.

 

[50Dreamer]

You can replace them one by one but dont torque them until they are all switched over. Then retorque them in order and you should be all set

 

[camarokila]

yeah dude u can take them out any way u want to - but its the putting back in that matters

 

[JenkinsBS]

good deal, i just wanted to make sure that de-torqing the bolts wont warp or mess up the lower intake in any way...

so other than the head bolts, im pretty much done set ready to go. now i just need to know how to finish off my rocker arms. the whole set is ready to go aside from 2 of them on the #8 cylinder. how would i tighen them down properly? i know the cylinder has to be at TDC, but its a hydrolic cam and stock hydraulic lifters, and there pedestal mount roller rockers



b.j.

 

[JenkinsBS]

ttt


and im also wondering about this hole thats on the passenger side of the block, down right above the oil pan... not very big, maybe the size of a pen end, and its threaded. i thought it was oil pressure, but maybe not

thanks


b.j.

 

[JenkinsBS]

that hole isnt plugging its self

lol, anyone know what it is?



b.j.