Yes like Doug and Larry I’m going also. Need to work on car but Mom fell and broke her neck so all hands on deck the past few weeks. Don’t know where she stands so I guess in all reality the reunion is up in the air for me. Sorry to hear about motor Larry what heads did you have on there. And curious how a CNC program go through a wall. I didn’t know that was possible. Maybe the TFS heads will be better. Now you have the rocker pads to contend with.
Sorry to hear about your Mom. Hope she recovers!
These were my 24 yr old Edelbrocks I bought new and had hand ported back then. I finally had a program done on them by Fox Lake(local to me). He questioned my version of the heads and he determined his program would be okay. It seemed to, at first. I had no real issues with the few races I attended at the end of the year. I just happen to try rolling the engine over a month or so back. I put a breaker bar on it and it wouldn't budge. I pull the plugs and I had water in 1,2,5,6. I thought maybe head gaskets? Nope. You could see small spots of calcium where the water droplets were dropping in the #1 intake port. Really put a hurting on my new cylinders. Nothing tragic, but bad enough I wanted to freshen it back up. The CNC job didn't hit water, it was the fact the water jackets were likely thin from all the years of running bare water. They just finally gave up.
I think it went bad after it sat for a few weeks in the trailer before I put it in the garage when it got chilly out. That night I swapped vehicles is when the water got into the oil and made a mess(I didn't check the oil after moving it). Luckily I found it now, not mid April after I put the clutch back in and tried starting it!!!
It sucks, but I consider how much worse it could have been. The biggest bill is buying the bare TF heads. Everything else I have and the clean up is only costing me some gaskets and elbow grease(lots of elbow grease).
Bill, just turn off comments and that way you don't have to listen to anyones crap!! Thanks for what you do.