Listers and lurkers,
A quick question.....I have read accounts of the day long installation of
engines with headers,ususally including the insertion of mounts, bolting up
the headers, and then bolting up the mounts. If the headers are new to the
car or an unknown quantity (like mine), the tactic is to bolt everything up,
bang on whatever you need to to get clearance at the tight places, then pull
the headers back out and send them off for ceramic coating. Then reinstall
hopefully with everything hitting and missing in the right places. Sounds
like a pain in the butt.
My future engine is now a bare block and my future heads are bare as well
and the engine compartment is in bondo, but not paint. I'm not sure how I'd
solve the gasket problem short of buying an extra set. But presuming I could
get spacing somehow that was close (used gaskets not completely destroyed?),
could I use the bolted up block/heads/headers to do the clearance test now and
expect to have everything right when the total weight of the built
engine/trans is sitting on the mounts?
Experience?? Opinions?? Thanks!!
Chris Hill
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