Recent content by suprakc

Lol get a 3" down pipe and 3" cat back and you will be at 300 rwhp.

I know I agree totally. Just had to vent a little after a 90 hour head gasket job... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Car is up and running. Used all OEM parts this time (no fail-pro, no ARP). Runs flawless. If anybody else finds yourself in my situation, tell all the haters to stuff it with their advice and go OEM. (If your like me and enjoy the supra for what it is, and don't have 20+ years to work on it)...

No. Would that have made the bolts shrink 1/4 inch? Lol. But I definitely should have, for what it's worth. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Update: It looks like my ARP's bottomed out in the block prior to reaching true torque spec. Ordered bolts from Toyota for comparison, and they are about 1/4 inch shorter! Yikes what a nightmare. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The head was pulled and returned to the machine shop. No visible cracks in head or block surface, looked like the gasket sealed fine, except for cylinder 1 near the firewall had coolant in it. Machine shop pressure tested the head, no leaks were found. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you for the responses. I don't have a pic of the head mating surface, sorry about that. I took pics of just about everything else, and wish I could go back. I am currently working down to pulling the head again, should be off in a day or two. I agree about the bottom end bearing rebuild...

I'm not sure how flat the block was, I was mostly concerned about the head since I was using a composite gasket. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

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A little bit about my car: 1989 7m-gte, BPU (exhaust, intake, manual boost controller always @ 9-10 PSI). Over the past six months (I swear, ever since that 170,000 mile mark...) it has needed various repairs, new radiator, water pump, hoses... and this past month, it suddenly began overheating...