SM Head Install... forgetting anything?

DentalDart said
Well drivers side is on. Used some of my old 5/16×18 7/8in header bolts for the 2 shitty bolt holes and the new 5/16x18 1in bolts in the other holes with a washer. They are all snug on their. Ill get the rest installed tomorrow... to bad I dont know how to keep the a/c off the car, which would incrase hp (by not taking it due to having it on) and lighten the overall weight of the car by the billion pounds it weighs...

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There really is no good way to get to header bolts like that. 1/64 of a turn is all you can get on them at a time. They slot the hole, but that doesn’t really help.

Sometimes it’s better to just take a ball peen hammer an dent the tube. It won’t hurt the power and it makes getting to the bolt a bit easier.