That's why a common practice is to drill so the epoxy can set as a plug w/ an anchor. Still i'd TIG it
I know, however i'm a bit concerned about warping the intake.
Not that it matters much anymore. I took off my heads and found some serious problems in my motor. Although i took great care at cleaning the hole engine, apparently a small piece of dirt got onto the crank. As if it wasn't enough, the pistons are scuffed and scratches in the bores (black death)
I have been asking on other forums as what could have been the cause. Since most machineshops i know around here, don't have a torque plate (maybe don't even know what it is) I ordered this block from a machineshop in the US, torque plate honed and all. Some think the bores look like they were not torque plate honed. With a 400 block this is a problem due to lack of strength of the block itsself.
I had a lot of troubles with this shop. He first sent me a block with rust pits in the bore and after a lot of trouble he sent me another one, but when i cleaned it out a lot of dirt came out. I cleaned, cleaned untill nothing came out.
Don't know, maybe the cooling was unsufficient as there was still rust in the jackett.
Clearance as per recommendations from JE was .004. I had .0055 so this should normally work out fine.
F*cking shit. I'm almost done with this car. It's almost like it is cursed.
Well, it's like they say, you only have got to blame yourself.