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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