Elefantman
Active Member
Good morning all,
recently got my hands on a much modified (lift etc) early v8 to have some fun with... it's been a good chuckle but it looks like the HG maybe giving up the ghost.. small amount of cream in the water (oddly no real water loss &/or cream in the oil)... but I'm prepping for the worst and thinking about the task of HG change...
Not having done a V8 before... even after searching the net a bit I still have some queries...
Can the HG be done with the lump in situ? Or is it a lot easier/does it need to come out?
Mines and early one so I'm guessing it will have the tin gaskets rather than the composite ones... A lot of people seem to say the later composite gaskets are better.. but the head may/may not need skimming to allow for the thickness... Does it really make that much difference in performance as from what I can tell it's a very small change in compression ratio?
And lastly.. the catch all... anything I should be aware of/worry about while taking the engine apart?
cheers Jim
recently got my hands on a much modified (lift etc) early v8 to have some fun with... it's been a good chuckle but it looks like the HG maybe giving up the ghost.. small amount of cream in the water (oddly no real water loss &/or cream in the oil)... but I'm prepping for the worst and thinking about the task of HG change...
Not having done a V8 before... even after searching the net a bit I still have some queries...
Can the HG be done with the lump in situ? Or is it a lot easier/does it need to come out?
Mines and early one so I'm guessing it will have the tin gaskets rather than the composite ones... A lot of people seem to say the later composite gaskets are better.. but the head may/may not need skimming to allow for the thickness... Does it really make that much difference in performance as from what I can tell it's a very small change in compression ratio?
And lastly.. the catch all... anything I should be aware of/worry about while taking the engine apart?
cheers Jim