I have/had a problem with an intake port that had been ported & got into the push rod area.
Looks to have been brazed up & blended.
It developed pin holes & started sucking oil into the intake runner.
For a tempory fix, I have applied epoxy to it.
I'm very satisfied on how the engine runs. I don't have any flow numbers, as I bought the engine used.
I was just curious about updating my combo over the winter.
Thinking of just trying to get this head repaired over the winter.
As a side note, I just put the engine back together Monday night & ran it for 15-20 minutes.
removed the valve cover to inspect the repair, guess what, no oil to the shafts.
Glad I used alot of assembly lube on it.
Cometic sent me the wrong gasket! no hole for the oil galley. ****!
They sent me a gasket for a R3 block with W2 heads. It seems that the only difference in both OEM & the R3 gasket is the oil galley hole provision.
My question to them was, why not just use the one with the hole for both applications?
He didn't know why they stocked them this way.
Anyway, removed the head again last night & drilled a hole in the gasket.
They are sending me the correct gasket at no-charge.
Anyone else run into this?
I told my friend the other day, I could probably just put a big block in it & be done with it.
He talked me out of it, & its pretty cool when someone asks you if you have a 440 in it.