My E12 rebuild/semi-resto

[JamusMcFamus]

Some of you may remember that I bought an E12 (refer to link at the bottom) a few months back. Turns out, it had a cracked head. After a while of searching, and eventually finding one (hat tip to Mike W!), it's finally time to get the show on the road.

I had the car transferred down to my dad's facility in Camarillo, just north of Los Angeles. The initial plan was for us to do the work together, but work has kept me from making the trip. So, he and one of his employees are tackling it, along with giving it a fresh paint job.

I have a few pictures that he took with his crappy phone; unfortunately, it's all we'll have until it's done.

Just by looking at the cylinders, can anyone tell if it needs anything? I realize it's not much to go off of.

Here's my original post from when I purchased the car:
http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=94 ... highlight=

[1st 5er]

We'll be looking forward to the finished product.

[C.R. Krieger]

Those sixes were known for cracking heads. There was a coolant passage issue (I don't recall details, but it was inherent to every one of the M30s of that era) that could be somewhat amelioriated with some judicious machine work. You might want to look up that issue of ROUNDEL if anyone remembers which one it was. There were also those dreadful thermal reactors that lurked beside the head adding to its cooling problems. I think you can find a way to remove/replace it, even if it means using a catalytic converter. The good news is, I don't think this stuff ever affected the bottom ends much, so you should be good slapping another head onto it.

[Frybrid 524td]

There was a coolant passage issue (I don't recall details, but it was inherent to every one of the M30s of that era) that could be somewhat amelioriated with some judicious machine work.

First Fives -> Technical FAQ -> Cylinder Head (Mike W.)

Slotted coolant passages.

[JamusMcFamus]

The head that's replacing the cracked one is from an M30B34, which should have ameliorated all of those issues. As for the thermal reactors, I believe they were phased out by the time mine was built. Thanks for the input.

[skip535i]

Cool color! I like the "facility," too! Fancy stables.

[Kenny Blankenship]

There were also those dreadful thermal reactors that lurked beside the head adding to its cooling problems. I think you can find a way to remove/replace it, even if it means using a catalytic converter. The good news is, I don't think this stuff ever affected the bottom ends much, so you should be good slapping another head onto it.

No thermal reactors on a '79, they started using cats by then...