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At this point im calling "BS" on all 8 cylinders filled with water from a guide leaking on #2 cylinder.It is impossible to have enough water from one head to fill all the holes on the other bank ,plus it ran fine for a few minutes prior.The water would have to fill that cylinder ,then fill the...

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I like what your doing with the Cuda so far.Its not as hard as you think to run your goal witha small block .My Dart is low buck and looks like crap ,but it runs 7.00 (i will be in the 6's soon) witha 750 carbed 10 to 1 small block on 8 inch slicks .Sorry if i highjacked your thread a bit .Just...

MSD 6AL on mine and i run Autolite Racing AR 3910's in my 408.I gap mine at .042 and i can go from now on with a set of plugs if i want to,but i change them each season for good measure .No fouling issues with the Autolites.I have ran Champions ,A/C's,and Bosh Platinums in this motor and they...

I thought that as well at first.Thought maybe the guy had left straight water in it for awhile before he started it and it froze and busted.I saw a 289 in a Mustang freeze and bust on both decks between most of the water jackets.It contaminated the oil ,but it also ran like crap with the water...

I agree with you on the timing cover water pump setup .It was one of the first things that came to mind when he originally said the oil was contaminated with water ,but when he said that the cylinders them selves had water on top of the pistons (so much so that it blew out the plug holes when he...

Is this a new intake ,a swap meet score ,or what ? What im getting at if its used ,is it a known good intake ? My Victor works the same way with the only crossover being in the front ,but you could get lots of water from there in a hurry if its cracked or is a bad casting.When you pulled the...

Like Rick said you still have a cam to finish "breaking in ".My advise is to slather on sum more breakin lube before you put the intake back on.I take it the pushrods are already out ,so just pull the lifters back out of their bores (keep them in order though) and lube the cam lobes again as...

Im with you on the all in one session thing.I also make sure the heads spend the night in the trunk of the car the night before i install them along with the torque wrench ,so that everything is all the same ambiant temp (all hardware ,bolts ,washers ,gaskets ,etc).I also make sure that i...

I got a cam you might want for this deal.I pulled it out of my Bracket car (as it was too small for all out IMO). Its an Edelbrock Per Rpm hydraulic .Its .484/.510 lift and 234/244 duration @ 50 with a 112 lobe speration.Sounded tough at idle and pulled great to 5800 rpm ,yet it pulled 12...

Spent the day shopping with my wife,and she asked me a few times what i was thinking about (she always knows when im thinking about motors and cars).It was this .Really got me stumped on this deal .Doesnt affect me ,but its driving me crazy trying to figure it out.Water leaking into all 8...

Yes ,i would think so.Especially in the back ...

I only torqued mine to 100 ft lbs and they havent blown .I didnt torque down the studs ,i just snuged them .20 passes at 6500 rpm under its belt with no issues .I used cheapo head gaskets as well and didnt use the ARP lube either.I did torque them in 4 steps though (like i do with any head...

Mine arent.I recently rebuilt the W2 heads on my 408 and installed them with no leak issues .I noticed that several of the ARP studs were a thread or two from sitting flush with the deck fully torqued .I reused the studs ,washers ,and the nuts also.Have made over 20 hard passes since and no...

I have reused intake gaskets with good results .One time i even ran the motor for a few mintues ,removed the intake, and reinstalled them and it still sealed up ,but they didnt stick or tear when i pulled the intake off.On head gaskets i wouldnt consider reusing them .Too much work involved for...