I have too many questions about Small block Chevy motors with mechanical injection on alky (been wrenching mostly on Harley and aircooled VW boxers before), that i will keep my questions in my own thread to dont spam down the "Engines" section of the forum
I have started to tear down my motor now.
Im sending the Brodix heads away to a family member that works on military machines all day long - and mainly the Leopard engines. They have all kind of the best tools available and he will test and go through them to check every thing is good, and if not - he will fix.
Hilborn injection is disassembled. It will get a good cleanup, new gaskets and some new bolts, then assembled again.
Question: Im not going to run any water in the engine. Can i plug the water holes on the intake, or should i just leave them open?
Motor came without flexplate, and i want an harmonic balancer with a smaller radius (because i think the one that was attached is too big)... and then send the rotating assembly off to balancing.
What would you guys recomend for a good combo (but not too pricey)?