Well, the "successful" O-Ring installation I was crowing about a couple of weeks ago, turned out to be not-so-successful.
I noticed that some of the O-Rings seemed to be sticking out of their grooves too much... They are only supposed to stick up .009" above the deck. I pulled some out of their grooves and measured the depth of the grooves and found that some of the grooves were inconsistent in their depth, and some of those were only .010"-deep, not .030" like they were supposed to be.
So, out came the stainless steel O-Rings and the cutter went back in for a second try.:banghead:
This time, they all measured the correct depth, so Freddie decided to out copper wire in them since it was going to be pressed into the metal fire ring of the Fel Pro gasket.
Here's a pic::wack: The head is back on it, now.
Progress report; got the rockers on, the valves are adjusted, the intake manifold and header are on and the rocker arm cover is on.
Still to go are the lines, linkages, vacuum/pressure hoses, turbo mount, and downpipe mount. The cold side plumbing and the carb are still waiting to be installed. But, it's been high 90s in that shed and that's just too hot to work, for us old duffers. We're getting there, though, and probably two more days will do it.
Can't wait to put it on some clocks with 10 pounds of boost and a 3,000-rpm stall. My guess: 12.20 @ 108 quarter mile time, projected from a 1.000-foot time (which is what we have to work with.)
Talk's cheap.... we'll see. :banghead: