Well the car started today, and it is leaking oil on the back of the head where it connects to the block in two places...Looks like GE milled it too much, or too little. Hopefully we can torque down the head about 10ft/lbs more and It will seal, if not , back to the damn machine shop...This is another foul up by Golden Eagle, the first thing they did was not even tell be about the motor needing to be line bored. They just did their work and sent it back, I could have bolted it in and all the main bearings would have been ruined. I took it to the machine shop and they said the Line Bore was way off...AND they took about 2 months with my block...Thanks Golden Eagle !!!!

 

what head gasket do you have?
What did you torque the head down too?
What head studs you have?

 

Stock
H22A4 Specifications
Stock until the ARP's arrive, we were tired of waiting for them so decided to use stock until the ARP's came ...

 

Damn that sucks.

 

STOCK as in brand New stock or as in Used stock head bolts ?

 

Yes it sucks big time, i hope torquing the head down more works...crossing my fingers....ive been waiting for my car forever...We did start it though, sounds beast with the Crower Turbo Cams, HKS BOV, 3 inch exhaust....cant wait to get it running !

 

used but im not 100% sure....

 

Dont re use head studs!! you should know that!! especialy after building younr engine!!!! GET NEW ONES!!
technically you're supossed to get new ones every time you take off the head.

 

where the **** did you get your hands on those crower turbo cams?!?!?!?! they told me that they didn't have any, and wouldn't have any made until the first of the year, and they told me this like 4 months ago

 

well im sure they used new ones then because this shop knows what they are doing....

 

My shop got them....

 

DAMN IT!!!!

i have to use my stock POS cams until the crowers can get here

 

yep.... i just gave crower another call, they told me they were still out of cores, and it would be january

 

I've never had problems with re-using stock head studs.

 

I would probably verify that GE fucked up by getting a manchine shop to check the specs before bashing a company when it could very well be your fault.

 

Get your sleeves checled make sure they have not sunk or dropped. Could be a GE fault maybe not. Check it out, take it to reputable machine shop. Good luck.

 

what makes you think they dropped....did yours leak when they dropped ? This just happened when i started the car, i havent even driven it yet...

 

why would it be GEM's responsibility to check the line bore of your crank? did you tell them to do so?

 

you know what... if they did..it sucks..but im sure they will fix it..
NO ONE can have a 100% success rate..theres bound to be a few bad apples in the bunch.... and your just the unlucky one..but im sure they will do somethign about it.

 

because when they sleeve the block, they screw up the line bore....

 

it does suck...I just hope we can torque the head and it will seal.....please god !!!, i want to BOOST !!!

 

not to sound like a retard, but when i first put my engine together, it shot oil everywhere at high pressue from between the head and block. turns out in my eagerness to start the car i put the head gasket on backward just a thought. good luck.

 

it might be a little early to be pointing fingers.

good luck with it!

 

God forbid you ask Ted about this one......... My motor needed the sleeves pressed out and new ones put in, I asked about a line bore, Vince blew me off like a 2$ *****, Ted responded like my assuming I needed a linebore was very inaccurate.... All I know is this bitch better not leak when it goes together.

 

Did you have the line bore even checked man ? I hope to hell you did....my line bore was off by a mile !