Greetings,
I am toying around with the idea of pulling the head off my engine to fix some broken intake studs and while it's down ill probably put a timing chain in, go ahead and drop the electronic ignition and hei setup in, and give the engine a good once over to make sure it stays mechanically sound. I'm not having any problems other than leaky exhaust and a little oil consumption. My grandfather told me he had the engine rebuilt years ago, and i dont know if the builder had the head machined at that time.
Is there any way to know for sure that the head has indeed been milled at some point in its history?
As a follow up question, while the head is off would it be wise to have the head milled on an otherwise stock engine with a Holley 2300 2-barrel? I'm leaning toward doing it at the moment as i see no real downside. Thank you.
I am toying around with the idea of pulling the head off my engine to fix some broken intake studs and while it's down ill probably put a timing chain in, go ahead and drop the electronic ignition and hei setup in, and give the engine a good once over to make sure it stays mechanically sound. I'm not having any problems other than leaky exhaust and a little oil consumption. My grandfather told me he had the engine rebuilt years ago, and i dont know if the builder had the head machined at that time.
Is there any way to know for sure that the head has indeed been milled at some point in its history?
As a follow up question, while the head is off would it be wise to have the head milled on an otherwise stock engine with a Holley 2300 2-barrel? I'm leaning toward doing it at the moment as i see no real downside. Thank you.