wanna head job

[fahrvergnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

Ron Pieper wrote:
> Yes, see Jim Jarrett's signature.
> If you need an 8V head rebuilt and you already have broken studs and a stripped plug hole, find a
> different head and have it done, then just swap it on.  I'd helicoil all the exhaust stud holes as
> part of the rebuild.
I would disagree with Senor Cheapass on this one (no disrespect 
intended).  I hate Helicoils, mostly because they let go over time.  
There is a company called Dyna that makes an outfuckingstanding insert I 
would use instead.  They are NOT cheap, but they are the shit.  Instead 
of a spring (Helicoil), you would install a solid-metal insert.  It 
looks like a little cup, with threads inside (the original stud is 
designed to thread into it), and out.  What makes this the shit is there 
are tiny little fingers at four spots on the outer circumference.  Once 
you screw it home, you hammer these fingers flush, locking it in place 
and destroying the threads that got it there.  It is now part of the 
head forever!

I think different parts of the country really suffer from corrosion, and 
in some parts this may be necessary.  Down here in Okiehomie, it's not 
an issue though....

Just my .02