Sounds good (in a way)
The Lex is a great car and almost a Supra!
I agree with your statement about not cutting corners you can get away with this approach with many cars but the 7M will bitchslap you into the poor house if you try....
You're one of the family and even if you're without a...
ok guess you wandered off....
If it has Head Studs what I wrote goes and it'll be easier if you remove the manifold totally.
If it's just normal headbolts you don't need to jack the trans up and you will be able to left the head off the dowell pins to the side to clear the exhaust studs and...
Artmo: The Cometic is the most forgiving of the MHG's for surface smoothness and if you're decking the block anyway may as well install it now! (who knows when the "crank the boost bug" will bite!)
CS: Don't know if they do one for the 7M but I think it was Felpro many years ago had a...
Might have to unbolt the trans mount and jack up the back of the motor to get it to clear the firewall.
I'd pull the manifold just to lighten it a bit but if you have a couple of strong mates to help it should clear.
Only thing that would have made it worse would have been a 1GayZ ;)!!
Just teasin ya Joe ;)
I've always wanted to build an early Monaro (69>70 model) and transplant ALL of my Supra's Running gear into it ie: Front and rear suspension complete with brakes Diff trans steering and motor...
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Please don't resort to self help...
It sounds like it's surged badly on a shift and maybe straightened out the Comp blades and now there's not enough clearance for it to spin freely under boost :(
Possibly bent the shaft.....
(worth checking the BoV)
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