92 w250 missing white smoke.. help..

[spencerdiesel]

Sorry missed the "it has tons of space part"

[cmauz61]

Yeah I dunno i did a safe amount of advance when I advanced it awhile ago

[spencerdiesel]

What differences did you notice after the advance? Now I'm asking for my curiosity rather than the missing issue

[cmauz61]

More power up top. Not a huge difference but it seems to run harder. Didn't have boost/pyro gauge installed then, so I'm not sure if it altered either of those. I should have like 10 degrees of timing give or take some

[spencerdiesel]

10 degrees over stock?

[cmauz61]

Yeah its like an 1/8 or 1/4 of an inch. I can't remember though

[spencerdiesel]

10 degrees of advance (or thereabouts, as I realize its hard to judge) and 35 psi could push limits of the stock gasket. Or thats what I've gathered from other info etc

[cmauz61]

Yes it can lol but I rarely see over 15 lbs unless I'm driving hard

[spencerdiesel]

I hear ya. More than likely, HG always lets loose from high load/boost. High load/boost may not have to happen often before it goes, but if it goes it will be the result of the wide open situation previously

[cmauz61]

I will probably just have 14mm head studs installed lol and be past it

[spencerdiesel]

And NOS

[cmauz61]

Nah lol i don't want that... random question.. I know how to do the head gasket and put the head back on, but if I do and have someone pit on the 14mm head studs will they have to pull it all back off to install or can it be done after the fact?

[spencerdiesel]

To be honest........I don't know. I don't have enough power to have studs yet

I'd imagine you'd want to stud it while the head is off

[cmauz61]

Yeah. Your probably right. I wonder if I could do it all myself lol i really don't wanna pay someone 1500+ for a half day-day install

[spencerdiesel]

Hmmmmm you're in Raleigh. Not trying to vote ANYBODY in against their will, and it's not up to me, but BC847 is near your location.

Ask if he may be willing to see whats up