thanks guys, just finished pullin a dent out of the front fender, now just need a light amount of filler and paint.......hmmmmmm....what color....I would have pulled the cover as well but called in sick today, and unfortunetly live on the same road as my boss....cant be seen outside, already happend.....twice before

its got a 728 on the left and 407 on the right side.....

hmmmmmmm.....ok...lemme pull the intake and find out some more info....will it be really obvious if the ports are oval or round? sounds like there will be.....

alright, well the motor is coming out. I am finding WAY to many loose bolts, stacked washer and misc scary crud to justify leaving it in. I am gonna have to pull it and go throught the bolts, make sure everything is tight. It sounds like the supposudly "good" deal this guy got on the motor work wasnt a good deal afterwards. I have found unplugged vac lines, stacked washers, loose bolts, mismatched bolts.....its a wonder this thing runs a good as it does. He said he drove it from mexico up to Prescott, probably a good 12 hours like it was.....it runs good, but I just cant take the risk of a bearing cap comming loose....a leaking head gasket or something like that.......

I would just pop the valve cover check everything and check the manifolds as well before tearing the whole thing out. I also have a head and manifold lying around. Most common part to loose seems to be the thick washers that hold the intake and exhaust on , they're only on the bottom studs so people commonly leave them off and as they are special they get lost and folks use what ever is handy. Can't remember if there is a pic a part in Prescott but there must be , parts could be had there........I know 3 or 4 rally drivers there and can't picture them living in a town without a pic a part.

Tom

alright, popped the manifold off today, and the ports on the head are a perfect circle, whereas the ones on the intake are oval, and look to be taller. The gasket appears to be the oval one as well. It doesnt look as though it would leak, but obviously the car doesnt like it...how do I find a circle port manifold to fix this? I have checked to local wreckers, and the local parts guys, no good....anyone have one? The intake I have is stamped h72 if that matters.

hey b10sleeper. My brother is coming out to visit this weekend, and leaving fri evening. If its a round port manifold, maybe we can see if you guys could meet up. He lives in Ventura, and will be passing buy the area probably around 6

I wish my head was as clean as yours mperdue.

well, I have been unable to find any parts, ebay, local, dealer, whatsoever...so if anyone has a head/intake that matches, or the correct head/intake that I need, could you please shoot me a price.....otherwise, this babys going the way of the crusher, cause its no good to me if I cant get the parts to get running. Thanks.