Wet Header Bolts?

Earlie A said
Hello all,

I’m working on a 1965 Dart with a 360 engine, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads. I need to loosen/remove the passenger side header to work on an oil filter adapter leak. Do I need to drain the coolant? I spoke with Edelbrock tech support, and they told me the outer two bolt holes are wet like a factory iron head. I temporarily removed the two bolts to verify, and both bolts were completely dry. Can someone verify that the bolt holes do/do not hit water? Don’t want to drain coolant for nothing.

Thanks

If you already removed the bolts and did not have any coolant leaking out yours must be dry, blind holes.

I have a set here right now, brand new and not modified at all. All of the exhaust header bolt holes in this pair are blind holes that do not go into water jackets. Maybe Edelbrock knows that water is very close behind the holes and they sometimes leak. Who knows. These were part number 60779, with 6077 casting numbers.