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Pull the cam covers...clean that all up...use new gaskets. Then...CHANGE THE OIL & FILTER!!!!! Do not run the car till you do ;)

The 1st stanza: Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom, blown on the steel breeze. Come on you...

Last time I looked, labor expense is an income statement entry...as is insurance and medical expense. Isn't the balance sheet: Assets = Liabilities + Owners Equity ;) Course that just might be the problem...many employers look at the people that work in the business as liabilities. They...

Many years ago when the 1st syn oils came out, they were almost pure PAO oil. One thing straight PAO does is cause seal shrinkage...leading to the urban legend that syn oils cause leaks. All the major oil companies fixed this very quickly by adding esters to the oil. Ester makes seals swell...

There should be an instruction/spec sheet that came with the Cometic...it tells you what to do about the rivets. Basically, you lay the MHG on the block with the index pins in place. Look at the rivets to see which ones are on the block deck surface. Take those out. A lot of guys take all...

"Blue Magic"...get it at most auto parts stores. That's what I use to put the final shine on the ceramic chrome parts I do ;)

Yeah...and if employers took care of their people instead of looking at them as an expense entry on the income statement, then they might just have less problems. There is two sides to that coin you know. Empra hurt himself at work...and it might be serious. I'm way more concerned with him vs...

Nope, Titan is a Cometic...got the rivets too ;) Make sure you remove the rivets that can interfere with the seal.

He is lucky it didn't come through the windshield...that would have hurt ;) I had a squadron mate hit a turkey vulture on a low level in an F-16 doing 500+ knots. It came through the canopy and hit him in the shoulder...he lost control of the aircraft and ejected. He was off flying status...

That's a very good idea ;) Make sure the doctor knows it happened at work. There is paperwork to fill out for an occupational injury...do it. Also check to see if there are provisions for you to get paid if you have to take time off. If it's a torn ligament or tendon, you will need time...

You're smart to have told your boss. This would fall under "occupational injury"...there should be provisions at your work to pay for you to see a doctor at no cost to you. I would do so ;)

You are paying for the name...go with a Wix, NAPA Gold, or PureOne.

Measure the head thickness as well...like I said, 116mm is stock. According to the figures you've posted it looks like a 1.6mm MHG is what you need. Stock HG = 1.37mm (according to IJ), add to that .25mm for decking the head. This assumes this is the 1st time the head was decked. A 1.4mm...

As am I SC...got just under 2000 hours in the F-16 As we said flying when fighting air-to-air..."airspeed is life" ;) The "Tom Kitty" was underpowered with the TF30 engines. Very easy to beat down on energy...as soon as the wings spread (they're automatic), a smile would come on my face...

^^^ That is correct. If you use ARP rod bolts, the rods will need to be re-sized.

Just get a plastic 90 deg vac fitting...problem solved ;) I like the way you did this...looks clean!

You mean like a block off plate...that should work if both sides were perfectly flat. You would need longer studs of course.

Ahhh...the hole should not cause a problem w/ turbulence. Just get the new flange and have it welded on your elbow.

"On the Run" and "Time" on the Dark Side of the Moon...actually the entire album is great. "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" on Wish You Were Here

If you're set on using an external wastegate, you could use the top flange in the pic MDC showed (the one w/ 2 pipes) and route the bottom pipe down to your wastegate. A lot like Randy's DDPs...in fact, he could likely custom make you one if you supplied the turbo flange and wastegate/flanges...