I have never had a head gasket failure in anything. I've had oil leaks, vacuum leaks and water leaks at water pumps but my luck with head gaskets is good.
I'm not one to claim that I've built hundreds of engines but I've built a few Chevy 350s, a 400, a few 440s, a 383, three or four 360s and done numerous engine swaps.
I'm thinking of adding this to the build:
Cloyes Gear 9-5387 Cloyes Replacement Timing Chain Tensioners | Summit Racing
The intake is heavily stained so I will paint it either dull aluminum or the same orange the engine will be.
The car it was in had an electric fuel pump so this engine had no fuel pump eccentric on it. I lost the Woodruff key in the end of the cam so I'll need to source that. I did take pictures of the
other 360/5.9 that is getting rebuilt here at the same time...
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Yeah, that is right.....Rich and I are building similar engines at the same time in the same shop out back....
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