[V8] Retorqueing heads

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My first question:  Is the head and the block true?  I'm all up  for 
workarounds, just not familiar with the issue.  But I haven't done a  sneak and pray 
head gasket on a v8 either, usually, I've got the head off, and I  always get 
it shaved to spec.  My concern is that this is a high mileage  motor, where the 
head wasn't milled to spec, and its possible that the work  around isn't 
working around anything to do with the flow of oil thru the  head.
 
Could learn something new too.  That said, the twisted headbolt won't  
accomplish the intended task, it will just stretch more.  If you are indeed  looking 
for more clamping force, that's ARP's forte.  I'm not a fan of  ARP's because 
I believe that when a head gasket needs to blow for exceeding the  limit of 
the stock clamping force, the fastener shouldn't stop it.  I see a  lot of 
warped heads because of this.
 
Could work like a charm too, I suppose.
 
SJ
In a message dated 5/16/2008 4:03:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
pjager at telus.net writes:

For sure  it's not a head bolt problem.

It's a sealing problem. Force of oil  pressure v.s. surface area for the
seal. There is that small dia. oil pipe  rear drivers, front side passenger
at the end of the head.

Reducing  the clearance of this gap between head and block, by compressing
the head  gasket a bit more you reduce but not eliminate the flow. That's
all. A  workaround we are talking here to make things more liveable.

The head  gasket won't blow and will be fine around all other sealing  points.


 



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