head gasket??

[txarkitekt]

Did you get GM factory head gaskets? If not, you can get Felpro. I found out last night that the Felpro head gaskets are the same damn thing as the GM ones. Buy either one--whichever has the lower price--because they are the same.

As for the head stud torque procedure, I would apply 30 wt. oil to the head studs and then torque them down to whatever ARP says. The procedure is shown below...

[Wtfan18]

yeah i spoke with the guy at scoggin dickey and thats what he said they were. i had heard the thicker gaskets can cause a loss in compression but thats just what i heard. stock is fine anyhow. how about as far as antifreeze goes i can see orange antifreeze in the block so i need to empty that or fill or more? the system will get flushed after a few break in miles anyhow right?

[txarkitekt]

Yeah, a head gasket can vary in thickness, raising the height of the head from the block--making the CC size larger--thus causing a drop in compression. If you have the Dexcool--stay with the Dexcool. Or you can just add water and run it through a few heat cycles and then do a COMPLETE coolant flush and add either Dexcool or the green stuff. But DO NOT mix the colors. If you feel like you did not get the entire amount of Dexcool out when you flush it, do not fill it with green stuff. Dexcool works just fine...

[Wtfan18]

well i guess water would be the cheapest option when i get to that point. then put dexcool in it as thats what is in it now im guessing as its orange.

[txarkitekt]

If you want cheap-cheap....you could just pee in it...

Yeah, Dexcool=orange. And depending on what you have eaten or drunk recently, your pee could be orange too...

[Wtfan18]

its starting to stress me out now. first car show is may 18th and my S***is in 10000 pieces lol. if spring would hurry up and melt the damn snow i could get S*** rolling... the POR15 is really holding me up.

[txarkitekt]

I know an easy answer to your problems:
Pack up yo $hit and move down to Texas!

[RedHeartbeat]

okay so i ordered my stuff yesterday. head gaskets,arp bolts,lifters, and i had my heads resurfaced so i should hopefully get most of it before this weekend. cross my fingers... is there any other steps i need to do before this gets put back together? i cleaned out the heads really good and cleaned all my piston tops of and it looks great. i tried to get most of the factory head gasket material off. but other then that and all the torque specs what else do i need to do? or am i ready to roll? thanks all

be sure you get 100% of the water out of all of the bolt holes in the block. If you do not you can crack the block when tightening the head bolts. I use a syphon type sprayer on my compresser to draw any moisture out of the holes.

[Wtfan18]

thanks greg i will have to make sure i do that!