Headbolts torqued to EXTREME amount (video)

[graveshaker]

I cringed reading every post and reply. Take your time op and good luck to you.

[noid]

I try to spend 5-6 hours every Saturday tackling various projects on the car. Luckily the car is in storage for the winter so I am in no particular rush. Patience is a virtue though, sometimes I go for 4-5 hours during the week after work.

I'm used to getting into involved projects with this car .

Lets just add everything I did this winter to the list:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=287575

Working on the car is a form of mediation for me... sometimes it turns into a nightmare, but then goes back to mediation when everything becomes clear again. Its a love/hate relationship, mostly love.

[AndrewBird]

FYI - A simple countersink tool would have enabled you to use the timeserts.

[noid]

You want to achieve a 6mm countersink without an angle, that tool wouldn't be my tool of choice; another stepped drill of different length/stage lengths would have been better.

I was however past the point of retooling the kit when I realized it wasnt going to work as I intended. Hindsight is 20/20, I should have just brought my block to the machinist to get drilled and serted before messing with it myself.

[noid]

4 months later and the car is back on the ground and running.

During the same time I also had the driveshaft rebuilt as both U-joints were binding.

[R3Z3N]

There are guys, not many, with tools that can electrically burn the bolts out. One of the mechanics I used out here would get calls to zap out bolts on rockets out at Vandenberg AFB, pretty cool OMO.

Like this: http://www.bolttechmannings.com/serv...ion-machining/

[noid]

Definitely a cool process, I have actually seen videos from that place before. Its crazy what machinists can do with the right tools.

I would imagine broken bolts are a staple for most machinists and I would trust that most can atleast drill them out on center with a jig and sert the hole.