Not really. The engine mount from Greene performance has been delivered to Detroit tuned. Jan is having a head gasket made. since It's bored over the OEM one won't fit correctly. Also the head has been milled so there needs to a bit more height to the gasket.
So when you are in this situation is it better to plan for what if and have a spare gasket made at the same time? Never had this so I don't know what kind of turn around it takes to get one made ad hoc.
Updates! Jan shipped today. Woohoo... So, what am I getting that I'm not even going to get to see in the flesh.... Injectors - clean, calibrate, new o-rings and pigtails. The reports on the injectors are in the box. I'll post them at a later date. Head has new seats installed, new guides installed, CNC'd chambers, new springs, single groove keepers, titanium retainers, 1.8mm oversized Intake valves, 2.3mm oversized inconel exhaust valves all replaced Head Gasket - 78mm .050 thick RMW Dominator Camshaft I'm Happy.
forgot to post these before............. so after tearing the head apart we found out the reasons why it failed Nathan had another shop in the past work on the head ..........and in their not so infinite wisdom ,put expoxy in the INTAKE ports. As you can see from the pics it was chunking out and into the combustion chambers. Some of the expoxy got stuck under the exhaust valve and caused it to burn the valve. They had also shimmed the springs to where it was coil binding. Which explains why when I drove the car the car was soft on power. All new springs now, new valves, new guides etc.........It's like a brand new head again. Can't wait for Nate to see the new found power.
Good to see you found the problem Jan. Best of luck to Nathan in getting GNAT back up and running stronger than ever!
yes..........I guess he thought he was a better porter than the guy with more records than God.........:devil:
That was to weld a crack. Yeah, that didn't work. I had no idea at the time this is how they "fixed" it before.
Ha! Yeah, I can't imagine epoxy as a good material for that application.....and spring coil binding? Come on - that's cylinder head 101 fer chrisakes! We are Groot!
there was no cracks in the head and the only welding was on the stud for the intake manifold so I am not sure what was done besides adding the epoxy and the crazy shimming of the springs. Oh well........it's good now