rebuilt a head this weekend (pics)

[Yakuzastinger]

I blew the headgasket in my car last weekend so I decided to go ahead and prep another head I had, full rebuild on it just gettin it ready for an oem headgasket from toyota. After I finished it I was thinking about runnin a cometic but I do not believe the surface is good enough but I rebuilt everything to tsrm specs just going on my Junkyard Dog nothing special cost me 0$ to rebuild

 

[OneJArpus]

Cool beans! Good luck with the HG fix.

 

[Yakuzastinger]

thank you

 

[starscream5000]

Now you need to have the head machined to the proper RA spec and you're ready to go!

 

[Yakuzastinger]

its proper for an OEM gasket i am not puttin a metal head gasket on this car this is kind of a small challenge with some locals about how long an OEM with proper build and proper torque will hold with a 12 psi ct

 

[Insidious Surmiser]

hah, and who are the unbelievers?

 

[rakkasan]

its proper for an OEM gasket i am not puttin a metal head gasket on this car this is kind of a small challenge with some locals about how long an OEM with proper build and proper torque will hold with a 12 psi ct

I like it, a man with a plan. Good luck. More pics & a good write up as you go please....

 

[Yakuzastinger]

thank you I can give more pics but really all there left to do is pull the engine (I have to fix an oil look and some other work needing engine out) and prep the block surface put it all back together I wish I had a rebuilt bottom end for it but no time I need my car back

 

[starscream5000]

Are you keeping Toyota head bolts or are you going with ARP hardware?

 

[Yakuzastinger]

new toyota bolts less than half the price of arp i know i should use arp but these should be ok must keep in mind this IS a car from spare parts its so as cheap as possible and still be right

 

[starscream5000]

Hey, as long as they're new and not used, more power to you!

 

[pimptrizkit]

its proper for an OEM gasket i am not puttin a metal head gasket on this car this is kind of a small challenge with some locals about how long an OEM with proper build and proper torque will hold with a 12 psi ct

mine made it about 2 months, and i went to the strip every weekend..

personaly if you plan to have the car for any amount of time, the best fix cost wise is to mhg/arp and have the head & block prepped, other wise, it's a head gasket every other year.. (for most people)