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that rear bolt is not a prob gav when you have tool part number, bastardise spanner with grinder to fit- tc-9/16

no can't just unscrew head studs as need to get in there to cut piston reliefs too and easier with servo removed

Yup i have that special tool too! My engines nearer the bulkhead than yours so i have to turn it 1/8 of a turn then rotate the spanner round and do that again and it completely sucks!

I have one of those Snap on Banana spanners for my rear lower header bolts. still a fookin pain in the proverbial, if I really want to make life complicated as my car used to have a steering box there is a large removable panel where the steering colum goes thru the bulkhead, but it takes forever to take off and refit, so I use the BANANA

I have 5mm clearance from the bulkhead to the cyl head! i cant even get the drivers side header off with out engine removal!

Well no turning back now,

demo2 wrote:I have 5mm clearance from the bulkhead to the cyl head! i cant even get the drivers side header off with out engine removal!

I know that feeling, steering column out, floor plate out, engine mounts off take off passenger header. roll engine over and take off drivers side.

kin ell you didnt muck about that since i left this afternoon?

nah that was before you came over Rob
you got that block built yet
and did she run any better on the way home???

didnt hot start as well ran well enough but going into the wind with a v8 brick wall isnt all that good!

going to try a different ecu soon see what that does

How'd you get on today?

not touched the car mate,
wont get near it until the weekend again now

have made up the loom etc for the egt/af ratio gauge so once engine is finished and exhaust back on i can connect the gauge up and see whats going on

Ahhhhhhhhhhh i see!

One question, what header tank is that?

metro mate.

the egt gauge, modified pod and new loom extention,




and new throttle linkage spacers for the plenum


reason there are 5, ones the original (bottom) the others are two sets one for my plenum and a spare set.

Piston cutter

Are you cutting the valve reliefs in situ or on a drill press? If your doing it in situ and using a head to guide you in then obviously the cutter must be the same size or bigger than the valves you are using. If it is the same size then perform the operation without a head gasket in place. This way, when you install you heads with the gasket the leading edge of the valves will have a tiny but important clearance with the vertical face of the relief because the gasket thickness lifts it slightly away from the original cut.