How was the inside of your intake?? any coolant in there, was it by certain ports or just full of coolant or dry??? I cant see how both headers would have coolant in em and the head-gaskets are both ok

 

lol ok guys,

good news amd bad news :

good- the port work was great on the heads, its not lloyds fault and the gaskets were good as were the re useable head bolts from combo.

bad- a small bolt form the fuel rail was knocked off the cowl onto the mating surface of the block and cylinder head.. i didnt see it and it was only a matter of time till the pressures blew the gasket out. gonna re weld the head and put my new 355 in... i dont trust the block deck on my old motor now!!!


i have pics if anyone wants them IM me on aol at

transamKFC

 

So are we coming over Sat. or Sun?

 

here are pics

http://www.mustangmods.com/data/5448/aut_0179.jpg

http://www.mustangmods.com/data/5448/aut_0178.jpg

http://www.mustangmods.com/data/5448/aut_0181.jpg

simple yet costly mistake....


lesson learned is:

make sure your area is clear of little things like bolts on top of your cowl!!!!!

 

That really sucks. Don't know what else to say.

 

damn, you didnt hear any crunching or anything when torquing them down?

that sucks royaly dude

 

That hurts. But your right, you taught us all a lesson today. Just wish you would have told us and not showed us

 

I feel for ya bro...Hope you get her running again soon..

 

I bet you were wondering what happened to that bolt, eh?!

That sucks man, sorry to see that!

 

Dang that really sux. Didnt you dry fit everything befor you bolted it down?

 

its 3:48 am and i have finished everything for tonight.

ryan came over with the labatts and we got started...

it took us 3 hours to pull the motor out with the transmission attached. thats jackings the car up... disconnecting everything and pulling it out.

i had it down to the short block before he came over!!

then ryan passed out on the lawn and i kept working... assembling the engine stand... then pulling the tranny off the engine... then getting the engine on the stand.

what a night... i looked at the # 7 piston.... ended up finding some cracks and marks form the fuel rail bolt!!!!

i checked the bolt out... threads are still good... gonna use it again!!!

cool shnizt

 

Awesome! The demise of the current motor will be in the new motor. Kind of ironic. Glad you found out what it was, but it sucks to learn that way huh?? Are you just doing a 355 or are you even going that far?

 

Damn man, don't re-use that bolt. It's satanic!

 

this is a 3555 forged lt1 using that summit kit with lloyds heads and a GM 847.

the motor a removed last night is now a 383!!!!

 

Wow 3555 ci!? No wonder it blew!! jk man, Sorry to hear about the motor. Off subject which Summitt kit did you get and did you like it? I'm thinking of a similar setup.