Well, bad news. After driving it around the block for the first time I noticed it kept dying. When I tried to start it some white smoke came from the exhaust. Shut it down immediately and towed it home to prevent damage if anything was wrong.
I get home, check the oil, and it's foamy and white. Wonderful.
The build is brand new and I was meticulous about doing everything to spec, so I know I didn't do anything to cause it, so I was thinking "misfit head gasket?"
Pull the heads off, and the gaskets look fine. Then I looked at the heads I got from TSP. Sure enough, the #3 cylinder was absolutely clean like it had never had spark. Checking closer, I noticed a Crack next to the intake valve. Looks like a manufacturer defect.
But because of this project getting put on the back burner for so long due to undorseen circumstances, I'm sure it's been probably over a year since I bought them. Even though they ran for a total of less than 5 minutes.
Fortunately the engine looks good. No cylinder wear, and all the pistons measure out at TDC.
But sadly, because of how long it took to finish this build, I might not be able to have TSP warranty it out.
Looks like I'll have to drop an extra $1,200 on a new head.
I emailed them, to see what they can do. I've heard they can be pretty good about standing behind their products, so we'll see.
Bellow are the images of the head, showing the crack, the clean combustion chamber on the #3 cylinder, and the perfectly clean exhaust port showing that this thing never made spark in that cylinder.
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