What type do you guys use when your checking block/cylinder head surfaces?

I have a good feeler guage, but what I have for a strait edge is just a carpenters type triangle ruler thing made of aluminum. don't exactly trust that it itself is free of inconsistencies.


I ask because the spare motor I bought to have rebuilt to replace mine was missing the passenger side head gasket, and judging from the valve train being set up properly, and the heads torqued down when I tore it apart, im guessing it was run without the head gasket.


thanks.


P.S. Haven't been around this section to much as of late. Hope everyone's projects are doing well.

 

Take head to machine shop. Guaranteed flat edge will cost minimum of $60 Summit tool catalog.

 

Heads are not going to be used. stock e7's. I'm sweating about the block, good sir.

I was thinking the same thing. A shop could check it for cheaper then I can get a proper tool.

 

$72 + shipping? YIKES!

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRO-67420/

 

No passenger side head gasket? WTF? Did you ask the previous owner what he was doing with it? Might as well save the pennies and have everything done properly at once.

 

what was he smoking to forget the head gasket??

i'd take it to the machine shop if it were me. i'd rather let a pro handle that kinda stuff

 

lol, IDK, the guy swore up and down there where NO ISSUES AT ALL with the motor, low miles, just wanted to buy a crate motor as the car is his daily driver, and he just wants it to be reliable.

so IDK what the hell he was thinking.

 

He probably rebuilt it, couldn't figure out why it was smoking and assumed the valve guides. Thats a new one though, havent seen that yet.

 

well I was thinking along the same lines.

the cylinder bores look like they have fresh cross hatch/hone marks..... REAL fresh. but the stock timing chain was on there, and it had a TON of slack, worse then my motor when I replaced it, and I had 150,000 miles at the time.

 

If the block looks that good I wouldn't even mess with a machine shop.