Hellion car blown head gasket

[Burnin4]

Finally got the heads back from shop. Machine shop had to take .005 off the heads. I did order the head dowels and i went with the trick flow springs.

staying with the stock valves?

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[TT15GT]

staying with the stock valves?

Yea. Funds are low and just want the car back on the street. Im saving up to build a motor.

 

[olaosunt]

Might want to check rods too .
I thought I was just going to need heads redecked but turns out my rods are bent /pistons scuffed and rotating assembly is trash !

 

[Burnin4]

might as well do rods too, lol

 

[TT15GT]

i got the rotating assembly checked out and all seems to be fine. Gunna put it back together and see how it goes. Hopefully itll last a while.:shrug:

 

[olaosunt]

Glad to hear that brotha!

 

[TT15GT]

Yea me to. I probably would have had to sell a kidney or somethin if I had to go that deep into the motor right now. Why cant this stuff be cheap lol

 

[olaosunt]

That's why I am going to quit beating up on my cars at the drag strip once they are back together .
I may run them at least once just to see how fast I can go but no more chasing PB and I do not run competitively /grudge race .
Too much money to risk now .My goal would be have a fun street car.I may seek if I find someone who wants to pay for a" race car ".lol
I think to have a "race car " You need to have "bottomless deep pockets" , a race shop or least the mechanical skills to fix stuff when(not IF) it breaks.
Me ,I have none of those things, so I figure time to quit before the cars bankrupt me !

Best to wait on a GT 500 that comes with 750 + from the factory and a warranty .
Demon /hellcat fit the bill but I bleed blue !

 

[Burnin4]

^there's a lot of truth in that, race car = another child.

 

[TT15GT]

Yes i agree agree agree. Im lucky enough to have a buddy with a shop and lift in his backyard. We doin everything ourselves except the machine work. So i cut alot of costs doin stuff myself.

 

[olaosunt]

^there's a lot of truth in that, race car = another child.

True talk !
I already have 3 human kids including one just starting college .

Another reason I can no longer afford to full around and break stuff on the 3 mechanical ones (kids) .

 

[TT15GT]

Got the car back together last night. Took forever to get the right head gadkets. Car runs great. Had an issue with air pocket in the coolant and one of the coolant lines was kincked. Got it all figured out and ready to make a few tests

 

[sigintel]

Got the car back together last night. Took forever to get the right head gadkets. Car runs great. Had an issue with air pocket in the coolant and one of the coolant lines was kincked. Got it all figured out and ready to make a few tests

Hell yea... congrats!
Thats such an awesome feeling on first fire after drama.

 

[olaosunt]

Congrats man!
Happy for ya. What was up with getting the right head gaskets ?

 

[TT15GT]

Congrats man!
Happy for ya. What was up with getting the right head gaskets ?

since the machine shop had to machine the head down i had to get a thicker gasket. Anything thicker than .040 is special order.

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