hi my head gasket give up monday night so stripped it tuesday an found the head was knackered luckily i had a ford gasket an another good head so swapped everything over fitted all back together no probs only thing now when coming onto boost as i comes in its as if its over boosting an popping but was running more boost before gasket went with out this problem i closed the bleed valve before takin car on the road.

could this be a simple problem of needing a good set of plugs an leads? i know the car needed setting up anyway before gasket went (luck it went now an not on rollers) but i would like to eliminate it before i go on rollers car is still driveable just not really boostable. any suggestion welcome thanks.

 

Was the head you took off ported/polished? and the 1 you refitted standard?

 

Did you refit the dizzy in axactly the same place? If not timing will be wrong.

 

Good thinking!
There is some marks on the dizzy and head to align

 

i dont know about the port an polish tbh... dnt think so the head looked like it had been skimmed a few times too many tho

ive had to move the dizzy to get it to run tidy enough to drive because when i first started it, it run like a pig so tryed movin dizzy then re-checked the timing marks (spot on standard marks) also i broke my T peice to the boost gauge so cant tell wat its boostin till i get a new one tomorrow im going to check the emissions an maybe turn the boost down on the actuator as it seems to be tryin to boost more than before.

a thought do you think it could be blowin the spark out once boost pressure gets to high?