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freshly milled heads brand new Springs, valve guides, seats, retainers, and seals.this is what was bringing questions (in my mind) to mopers evaluation. I said nothing because many times I get accused of arguing with the professionals out here so I still I'm not sure. I just used krazykuda idea sealing everything up and going from there? I'm not saying moper is wrong or anything like that, I just don't have any way of proving him right without? I don't know taking the whole motor apart again?
I'm not arguing or disagreeing at all! I'm just starting with the easiest fixes first like sealing the intake and all that to make sure it's not something I did. definitely the first thing I learned in auto shop in high school was just because it's new doesn't mean it works. I appreciate your laptop diagnostics and I will probably go with taking the head off if the cylinder continues to be oily or the plug shows darkness. I'm not sure but the other number two plug up front was a little dark also but the head port was not oily like the number one. I do have dual quads and the rear carburetor is the main carburetor and the front one kicks in at about one-third throttle it's is opened up for idle, if that makes any difference. and again I appreciate any ideas about what's going on and totally understand it's not in your garage to look at and worried about.
it's too late for that. I sealed that thing back up yesterday morning before even moper chimed in about cracks and valve guides and pulling the head. I just went with krazykuda and seal it up real good and let it dry thru today and going to fire it up tomorrow. again I'll check if it gets wet again by looking at the plugs. like I was saying let's just go with the easy fix first before we start tearing the motor apart again especially after I just sealed it up with a $25 intake gasket $6.00 jar of gaskacinch - $36.00 carbon exhaust manifold gasket for $20 Milodon oil pan gasket 8 quarts @ $7.75 ($61)Penn grade oil and another 7 bucks for an oil filter. Oh ya and $20 for "the right stuff" gasket. (which is a real pain in the butt to get off, but seals good) Let's try that before we go ripping the heads off for good lord knows how much? keep that cyber spending down to a minimum.
this thread is a continuation of "my hungry new stroker".hence "crap what next"? I just had kind of change the subject so I started a new thread and the subject got changed when I noticed the oily intake port. I had no previous indication as the car seemed to run extremely well and there was no smoke or indication of said problem. I mean I have had the dark plug here and there but it really wasn't extreme by any measure. I don't think I have 500 miles on the fresh rebuild and maybe just over a dozen passes at the track. I really was hoping to have it together today and tested as I have my second points race tomorrow and was hoping to make it. it's the first time I've ever done any officially drag racing and I would be disappointed to think I'm already missing the second race. now it's a small 6 race series over the summer just to get my feet wet and get acquainted with racing. I almost feel a bit of an obligation to the other members of the small "hole in the hood" series. I can take the 2 carburetors off together on the top plentem and look straight down the runners at the valves through the tunnel ram.
