Mustang Mike
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Since my other thread is now locked, I will answer Dave's question here. I am sure the extra holes are for high port heads.
I tore the engine down today and sure enough, it was a blown head gasket. I went ahead and tore both heads off even though a compression test showed it was between 3 and 4. So I torqued the driver's side head on and began fitting the FPA header. Well, I am sure my donkey, as seen in another post, could have fabricated the headers to fit closer than did FPA. I am totally fricken pissed off. I went over all the info with Stan at FPA. The headers were made without regard to my CNC slave cylinder. I told stan that I had a hydraulic clutch with the CNC slave. I spent countless hours modifying the tubes ~bd with a ball peen hammer and a torch. I even had to modify the slave cylinder mount. I'm not even sure it's going to work until I bolt the slave back on. So much for the damn ceramic coating I just spend $250 on. It's ugly. I bet I reduced two of the tubes by half at the slave cylinder location. I will post pics tomorrow if I have time. That was just the driver's side. I have not even bolted the head onto the passenger side yet.
I tore the engine down today and sure enough, it was a blown head gasket. I went ahead and tore both heads off even though a compression test showed it was between 3 and 4. So I torqued the driver's side head on and began fitting the FPA header. Well, I am sure my donkey, as seen in another post, could have fabricated the headers to fit closer than did FPA. I am totally fricken pissed off. I went over all the info with Stan at FPA. The headers were made without regard to my CNC slave cylinder. I told stan that I had a hydraulic clutch with the CNC slave. I spent countless hours modifying the tubes ~bd with a ball peen hammer and a torch. I even had to modify the slave cylinder mount. I'm not even sure it's going to work until I bolt the slave back on. So much for the damn ceramic coating I just spend $250 on. It's ugly. I bet I reduced two of the tubes by half at the slave cylinder location. I will post pics tomorrow if I have time. That was just the driver's side. I have not even bolted the head onto the passenger side yet.