If the head is warped, consider having it straightened in an oven instead of
milled
if you are worried about compression.
Greg
P.S. Hey, if it ain't near broken, you're not racing it hard enough! (Easy
for me
to say... my car is in pieces... :-)
Tom Hendricksen wrote:
> Troy,
>
> At the least, don't bet on a head gasket lasting for long, and that may very
>will
> require the dreaded head shave to put the head back in flat form again.
>
> Tom
> 69 2000
> Portland
>
> Gonridn2@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Yes Gentlemen, "steaming" and "pegged" were used literally. The thrown
> > fanbelt incident caused a 240 degree incident, which probably led to the
> > later seal failure, which was a 280+ incident. But that just means no water
> > passing the temp. sensor and the sensor soaking up ambient block temps. The
> > cooling system is pressurized but no coolent is allowed at the track. The
>oil
> > pressure never dropped below 50 psi and the oil temp never went above 200
> > degrees due the overkill nature of my oiling system, designed to keep my
> > three main bearing 1500 crank alive at 7000 RPM and extended high cornering
> > loads. I let the engine cool, added water with the motor running (it was
> > pouring out around the seal) to continue the cooling process, and the motor
> > still starts easily as I have to drive it off the trailer, up my driveway,
> > and into the garage, without a hiccup. I haven't done a
>compression/leakdown
> > test yet, but with the way she ran, I'll be suprised to see any problems (at
> > least that's what I'm hoping)
> >
> > Troy
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