(11-28-2018, 06:29 PM).RJ Wrote: I would have left the block in an taken the heads off, but
Yeah but I wanted to get a good look at everything given how many issues I've found so far. I got in this situation by half-assing the teardown in Jan/Feb and wasn't going to repeat that mistake. The fact that I wanted to replace the oilpan and brakelines in the engine bay kinda pushed me to commit to just pulling the whole thing.
I also want to send the headers off to get a legit coating. The spray can shit wasn't really doing much other than preventing rust. There was a LOT more heat coming off this set of headers than my old ceramic-coated ones.