Originally Posted by stands2p

HEADS: -New Hughes Magnum iron heads were ordered with new springs, valves, etc. -I am currently porting and polishing the heads for airflow efficiency (I am not enlarging any passages or appreciably increasing internal volume; I merely removed sharp angles, rounded corners, and smoothed walls according to a tutorial on porting/polishing. I've finished one head and am very pleased with how it turned out! -I will mirror polished the combustion chambers to reduce the likelihood of preignition, and use a buret to volumetrically measure them all to within a half milliliter of each other. -I will send the heads to the engine builder to do a 3-angle valve job. -I will hand-lap the valves to the valve seats when they return............................................ .......... those are not hughes iron heads those are oem heads but good try passing them off as hughes heads.interesting that none of the experts noticed that they are not the heads you say they are.its the diff between $1000+ heads and a $100 set that you say your porting.

Originally Posted by HeyYou

I see you haven't changed at all. I am curious though, what leads you to think those are not Hughes Iron heads, as you claim?

Originally Posted by stands2p

why change a good thing?i see your still a armchair mechanic but seriously you should logout and get some sunshine.you dont notice the diff between the two do you?lol hughes are eq heads and all ways have been.eq's have larger runner so the water passages had to be redesigned thus lol eliminating the freeze plugs.in the first pic the freeze plugs are clearly visible thus lol not hughes.theres much more but ill leave it for now.

Originally Posted by Gary-L

He will argue, argue, and argue that Anti-Seize is the absolute worst thing to put on spark plug threads, because you'll get a false torque reading.

Originally Posted by UnregisteredUser

I always get a chuckle out of (and outside the blast radius around) people who ain't equipped to do it trying to overthink things.

I leave my spark plugs in for around 100,000 miles so if I don't put them in with anti-seize I'll have to take them out with heroics. I don't aspire to heroism and always do my best to never require it of myself. Torque readings? It's just a damned spark plug. Crank 'er down 'til she breaks then back off an eighth turn. Now, if I've got someone in my garage giving me 5h17 about not using the torque wrench for that, then just to keep the peace I'll use the torque wrench. Because in addition to establishing correct torque values, they're also very useful in the commission of felonious assaults and the blood very conveniently just wipes right off of the polished metal.

Originally Posted by HeyYou

The 1/2 inch drive fellers with the long handles work best for that.... I like the click type, as either end makes a profoundly satisfying THUMP when it hits.....

Originally Posted by UnregisteredUser

I, too, prefer the half-inch drive. But being a slave to my art I grab the handle end because the square drive delivers better penetration of thick skulls and makes more aesthetically pleasing blood spatter patterns. That whole amorphous pool of blood thing is just way too overdone in garage art these days, in my opinion.