Reply to "Engine out"

joules"Racing is Life, anything before or after is just waiting" - Steve McQueen

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But as others have pointed out (and I have found), don't take your car off the road if you don't have to. Because you will always find more to do and it will take much longer than originally planned.

Ah yes.. know that scenario well, my '74 spun a rod bearing at the track a year ago August. It is now a bare shell, all because I took the engine out and it escalated from there with the "while I've got the engine out I might as well" attitude.

Garth has a good point on actually leaving it if it's not too bad and Tom's suggestion of a stop leak is another good one. After all when you do get to do it properly you'll want to replace the clutch anyway.

Tom, I have a pair of 4V quench (closed chamber) heads from my '74 motor, stock valves etc. but I'd let them go to a board member for $200 plus shipping (probably $75 range to ship as they are 65lbs each)

12/10/083:42 PM

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