What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

Too funny. I dont miss those.lol.

 

Drove mine across town to find out the cruise night is no longer. So off to my brothers 20 minutes away to check his home AC. Put some decent mileage on it and did a nice burn out leaving my brothers again but going the other direction this time. Now he has matching burnouts.LOL.

 

Only 10 psi, AFR's were good no detonation. I do have the cheapest head gaskets money can buy on there currently that are 4 years old (I was a poor/cheap high school kid at the time, I know better now). I'm debating weather or now to put my trick-flow 185 cnc heads on now or not, I have cast pistons so I'm kinda nervous about having one come apart and ruining $1800 heads.

edit: I may have experienced boost creep wasn't watching the gauge when it happened.

 

What were the afr's and timing? I know you say they were good but just curious

 

turbo'd 408 with a chopped rooooof! would be a crazy 4 door!

 

Afr's were about 11.5, timing is 34 total with 3* being pulled per pound. Now that I think about it, maybe pulling that much timing may have caused the cylinders to heat up and blow the head gasket? But coolant temp was 190* and it only loses coolant under boost.

 

I usually run iron head sbf's around 18-19* total on
Up to 15 psi on 93 22-24* total on race gas

Felpro offers a cheap "steel" fire ring headgasket there easy to come by if i remeber the number ill post it for you

 

Nah

Ive got a plan and its keeping its 250
But it is going to pick up some goodies

 

I'm already looking at felpro 1133 mls gaskets. I guess I'll turn my timing down to 32* total my MSD boost timing retard pulls 15* max that will bring me down to 17* total for a better starting place then 19* total. This is my first non-factory boosted car, I'm learning things the hard way.

 

I personally would lock the advance out cant trust boost retards jmho

 

Did you ever have overheating/ glowing headers with dizzy locked out? I'm gonna try to keep the box, if it blows the gaskets again then I'll lock it out. Also I have ARP head bolts, would changing studs help any?

 

Never, i wouldnt change arp bolts for studs i would however torque them a extra 10-15 pounds (use discretion here) i think that gasket numer is 9661-pt1 its the optional gasket they offer at the parts store. I meant to ask if you had colder plugs in it also

 

No using stock heat plugs currently, don't think the gasket number is correct looked it up, its for a 85-90 toyota corrolla/chevy nova.

 

Yeah get a couple of heat ranges colder

 

9333-PT1 is the number there stainless fire ring gaskets