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It was my understanding that's the head stud in between the two exhaust ports would crush after repeated torquing's. Has the newer casting from Edelbrock been fixed? And if its still a problem how many sets has Chief gone through? He has more passes in one year than over half this board combined, me included Ha
What about his head gasket life?? I believe he was dry decked, copper gasket and double O rings at one point.

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Originally Posted by 535 tall deck

It was my understanding that's the head stud in between the two exhaust ports would crush after repeated torquing's. Has the newer casting from Edelbrock been fixed? And if its still a problem how many sets has Chief gone through? He has more passes in one year than over half this board combined, me included Ha
What about his head gasket life?? I believe he was dry decked, copper gasket and double O rings at one point.

The "stud issue" usually isn't an issue if the head is prepped properly....it was never a "design problem"

Head gasket sealing is easily resolved by using the AP sealing rings which I believe were designed by Marty Pablikin (sp) and his team.