Blown Head Gasket Symptoms!

SideWinderGX · 02-27-2007, 08:29 PM

ok, planing the head sounds like an amazing idea for that cheap, ill definitely ahve that done then. thank you

however, since im using the ARP studs, the mechanic (who ive talked to before, and has a handful of 500+ HP cars of his own...his monte carlo is amazing) says he will torque 5 over whatever spec hes using. i said were going to use what the ARP studs say, he says thats fine, so itll end up in the high 70s. i was happy about that.

just...eck...i can get the headgasket and studs myself, ill just give them to him and he'll do the labor. but the labor part sucks haha....almost a grand for everything, easily. he did an 88 supra before and that took him about 16 hours (which i gasped at) and he said hes gonna cut me a small deal since i know a buncha people that work there.

difference between lapping the block, and getting the block planed is? ima guess that planing it makes it as smooth\flat as possible, and lapping just cleans it all up and makes it look all perfect. will lapping the block cost much?

02-27-2007, 08:29 PM	#43
SideWinderGX 3" Exhaust Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 203	ok, planing the head sounds like an amazing idea for that cheap, ill definitely ahve that done then. thank you however, since im using the ARP studs, the mechanic (who ive talked to before, and has a handful of 500+ HP cars of his own...his monte carlo is amazing) says he will torque 5 over whatever spec hes using. i said were going to use what the ARP studs say, he says thats fine, so itll end up in the high 70s. i was happy about that. just...eck...i can get the headgasket and studs myself, ill just give them to him and he'll do the labor. but the labor part sucks haha....almost a grand for everything, easily. he did an 88 supra before and that took him about 16 hours (which i gasped at) and he said hes gonna cut me a small deal since i know a buncha people that work there. difference between lapping the block, and getting the block planed is? ima guess that planing it makes it as smooth\flat as possible, and lapping just cleans it all up and makes it look all perfect. will lapping the block cost much? __________________ my car: 1987 brownish Toyota Supra Turbo, automatic 7MGTE engine with ~100k miles on it.