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Old 04-06-2015, 05:47 PM
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Stopped by my head porter today to pick up some things ... he had a sweet set of ProComp heads. The casting is so thin it cracked, trying to weld it just made it worse.
I`m not sure why you got rid of those Tim, less weight = more speed just carry some JB Weld on the boat.

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Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL
Stopped by my head porter today to pick up some things ... he had a sweet set of ProComp heads. The casting is so thin it cracked, trying to weld it just made it worse.
I`m not sure why you got rid of those Tim, less weight = more speed just carry some JB Weld on the boat.

WOW makes me feel so much better about that decision!!!!
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Old 04-06-2015, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ICDEDPPL
The casting is so thin it cracked, trying to weld it just made it worse.
Huh,,,,,,thats very untypical.
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Usually there's a piece of a ham sandwich in those casting voids.
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Bubble gum will fix that right up.....
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SPEED HOLES! duh.
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lol
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Originally Posted by frickstyle
SPEED HOLES! duh.
Yup. Snow's Performance is so yesterday. The Chinese are now doing Direct Water Injection.
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Old 04-11-2015, 09:34 PM
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Slowly making progress, shortblocks buttoned up gotta check PTV and set up valvetrain next... [ATTACH=CONFIG]539792[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]539793[/ATTACH]
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Nicely done tim.
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Nice Tim! Did you get the other set of heads back?
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