Just venting:
How much more would it have cost GM to use something other than mild steel for the LS header bolts? Kill those aholes that didn't use a better base metal; most came out with a bit of torch on the aluminum, but GODDAMN 3 broken? I thought I was the man (bad *ss) for reversing-out the first of three broken header bolts, before I subsequently snapped three drill bits and broke off a tap in the head... Yeah, I'm pissed, but the fall-back position is drilling it out way oversized and threading an insert into aluminum, so I should get over it, right? It'll be ok when I attack it again next week, right? BTW one of those header bolts was snapped before the junkyard pick. Grrrr. Listen, I'm an office worker that is trying to build a respectable g-body: it only gets worse from here... am I right? Valentines day? Sacrificed $100 to please the gods - would really feel warm and fuzzy if these bolts came out.
How much more would it have cost GM to use something other than mild steel for the LS header bolts? Kill those aholes that didn't use a better base metal; most came out with a bit of torch on the aluminum, but GODDAMN 3 broken? I thought I was the man (bad *ss) for reversing-out the first of three broken header bolts, before I subsequently snapped three drill bits and broke off a tap in the head... Yeah, I'm pissed, but the fall-back position is drilling it out way oversized and threading an insert into aluminum, so I should get over it, right? It'll be ok when I attack it again next week, right? BTW one of those header bolts was snapped before the junkyard pick. Grrrr. Listen, I'm an office worker that is trying to build a respectable g-body: it only gets worse from here... am I right? Valentines day? Sacrificed $100 to please the gods - would really feel warm and fuzzy if these bolts came out.
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