ya can not do that! why oh why? onna counta cause the front stud hole wich
on a cooper "S" is not a stud but a bolt and it has an incredibly low torque
because it goes through a section of "unsupported " casting.
if memory serves me right there is an opes area into water jacket wich must
be filled by the bolt? besides why not dril land tap the block and be done
with it? ya can do it right in the darn car with simple hand tools as the
cast iorn block is a whole lot softer than you think to drill and tap!
chuck.-----Original Message-----
From Jackson Zimmermann <JZIMMERM at albemarle.org>
To: 'spridgets@autox.team.net' <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 05, 2003 5:03 PM
Subject: 12 Stud Head Question
>I've recently purchased a race head (that I'm going to use on my street
>Sprite) that has the Cooper S stud holes with use with 12 studs. Is there
>any issue with using a 12 stud head with just the standard setup with the
>fewer studs? I'm not really interested in pulling the motor and drilling
>the block for more studs... Is there any downsides to just bolting it on
>with just the 10 studs and leaving the remaining stud holes open? Any
>warnings or suggestions?
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