flat rate head gasket swap
 

the last time i took the heads off this engine, i read the wrong torque specs and under-torqued the head bolts by 35ft-lbs

lol, lets just say the head lifted and caused some irreversable head gasket damage. its to my understanding the after one torque these stock 5.0 head bolts are garabge, i dont have any cash right now, and i need the car. so the bolts go back on overtorqued 10 ft-lbs... as if it would made a difference :-\

anyways, replaced the gasket, pulls more vacuum now. i loaned my timing gun to a friend and dont have it, so i set it to a nice idle and i guess i better not get on the gas until i set it right ;)


oh, it was flat rate because i reused the IM gaskets and just siliconed up the front and rear IM gaskets :)
i also bought a real fitting for the drivers side turbo. instead of the stock elbow tube thing that was on there before. if you look close you can see it lol

pics and little video 8)

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/jbliss/Mustang/HG1.jpg

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/jbliss/Mustang/HG2.jpg

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/jbliss...ang_idling.wmv

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

was a friend o mine, til i caught him in my car tryin to steal a alpine

EAZY E YO

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

i bet youll be making quit a bit more power when your headgaskets actually seal lol

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

i think hotrex could post a better vid :P

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

haha, i doubt it.

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

reuse your head bolts...they wernt streached in the first place ...i've reused them before on engines ive put together and no problems.

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

id make a cooler video if i had my timing gun. i set it to "good idle" lol. its probably advancing 36 degrees at wot :)

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

all the people ive talked to say the stockers are garbage after one usage

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

but you under torqued them ...so they shouldnt have streached... dont over torqure them.... if its not to late ???


BTW take my advise about 5.0's with a grain of sand....never worked on them...but i have rebuilt 3 engines before

Re: flat rate head gasket swap
 

you rebuilt thee 302cid 5.0 HO roller cam engines? or 3 engines of random orgin total?

i bought the car with a blow HG, reused those bolts. undertorqued them, but they were orginals. and i just re-used themagain :_p