time to open up the bakery

Ya I plan on making sure its sealed this time. Those rope gaskets are a joke man. You have to beat them in and shit but it was all that was available at 2 pm on a Sunday afternoon so I got it in hopes that it would last the summer. It's a 1980 block so it's the 2 piece gasket setup, and now I see why they changed it.

True through, that shit will seal a nuclear bumb

I got a fel pro rubber gasket but I'm putting some of that where the pieces meet for sure.

Got it done and tuned in. I'm loving it so far , 500 miles and no issues.

glad to hear you got this thing going finally.

i dropped off my 355 at my builder to have the thing honed and put together this afternoon.

just praying that flat tappet cam dosnt eat itself on break in when i get it back.

Thanks man. Ya I learned you never know whats going to happen doing rebuilds, especially if you use parts that were on a different motor already. I have been going pretty easy on mine so far, but that 347 moves my little fox body easily and I don't have to get on it to go fast. 2800 rpm is 85 in 5th, barely have to give it any pedal at all.