Stripped Holes in Cylinder Head for Intake Manifold Bolts

why is that more difficult? It's an easy fix if you are careful and a magnetic pickup can reach in and get it if you drop it. the lifter bores and cam keep it from falling anywhere suspect. I've seen it done many times in a pinch. In the early aluminum head days with Bob Glidden and other pro stock racers such a repair was commonplace. Its just an air pump. None of these engines that we run are some kind of special thing. you can put 30 grand into an engine for your car and still not have the quality of a hospital generator engine. wake up