Another amateur build thread

My head s finished and will ship back to me tomorrow. Chris sent some pictures today and I thought I'd share them.

After cleaning the head, he flipped it over and the threads from one of the cam cap holes dropped out n his bench! That hole got a time sert. Also, he has gotten enough requests for stud and nut conversion for the cam caps that he has developed a kit. I got the first installed set. He also has stainless steel exhaust studs and nuts. The studs install with an Allen wrench! I am really looking forward to seeing it all in person.

Good to see things moving forward, head looks great. Are the exhaust nuts "self locking"? I am using the same type of studs but the nuts I have are copper plated locking nuts from the car world

That is a good question, that I failed to ask. I will take a look when it arrives.

By the way, if the cam clearancing looks a bit amateurish, that is because it was done by an amateur (me). Chris said that every head he has gotten in for a performance build was already clearanced, so he is not set up to do it.