yeah I was seriously hoping to avoid that, carefully tightening each one a little bit using a torque wrench everytime. Must have just had it off too many times, and I wonder if running a spacer helps with the breakage? I hope it can be repaired...
myne broke in one piece so it was easy enough to weld back in, but since it has to be tigged and its all wierd angles, it was like 100 bucks to have myne done, and that was with him resurfacing the mating surface. It sucks but thats life when you own a mustang. How are you tightening them? do you do the two center bolts then work your way out? If not, that could be part of the problem.
yep centers first, open wrench, then checked with torque wrench. Must have just had it off too many times I guess. Hope it doesn't cost too much.
you should give edelbrock a call and see if they will do anything, it shouldnt have broke if you did that every time.
Sounds like a reason to go Box R
Not a bad idea. You think it would be too much of an intake though for my set-up in terms of power band 1500-6000?
I could see that but everything looked secure when I unbolted the intake and it's just an ear, so I doubt that it caused a leak. It was probably from me lifting off the intake at a weird angle because the ear in question uses a stud not a bolt. There are no signs whatsoever of any type of head damage. Interesting point though.
Don't plan on running a MLS gasket unless you have your block re-surfaced. They don't take well to a rough or uneven mating surface.
Don't plan on running a MLS gasket unless you have your block re-surfaced. They don't take well to a rough or uneven mating surface.
this is true, MLS gaskets require a surface of 50 RA or better to seal right. I used them on my motor without resurfacing it, but that was only because i had other issues with the way my block was o-ringed and the MLS gaskets were my last shot before i went and pulled the motor and had it decked. Luckily the gaskets did the trick.
I think for you MLS gaskets would be a terrible idea, since you had a ton of passes on the car there is obviously some reason you blew the gasket, if you put the MLS gaskets on there and this happens again say 10 passes down the road its not going to be an easy fix, your gonna burn up a piston. You gotta thing of the head gasket like a fuse, I'd rather blow a gasket then burn up a piston.
What was the temperature difference when you dynoed the car and when you blew it up? The air can really mess with the air/fuel ratios and i remember reading about a few guys with lightnings who had thier trucks tuned in the summer, hammer on it for months with no problems, then in the fall when its 50 degrees at night time they hammer on it, it detonates and kicks a rod out of the motor
Also i dont think the cracked intake had anything to do with this problem, if anything it would have caused a vacuum leak
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