althought the depth of the hole where the thread is could not be photographed properly, the tap threaded the top of the hole as well so you can see how precise the cuts are- and need to be for that matter.

we cleaned the block off- compressed air works wonders- and ready to put the threads and inserts in



for those like myself who had trouble visualizing what the inserts were by just a description, this might clear it up for you. heres another



all the studs threaded into the block perfectly- the machining of the inserts was obviously flawless



before installing the new headgasket we mated the old headgasket to the head to see where it failed





anywhere where the headgasket had come apart by the layers or bowed out away from the surface we applied hondabond to the new headgasket



and here's a quick pic of the oil line we blocked about a year and a half ago for the ls/vtec conversion



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