<VV> '65 140 engine bay featured in today's Hagerty "Daily Driver" Tech Tips, see link below

[tony..]

On 6/17/2024 2:46 PM, Tom Berg via VirtualVairs wrote:
>   Ha! I didn't know that an all-old or all-dirty look was desirable. One thing I'd question is reusing old fasteners. Usually they're OK, but if bolts are in a stressed position, they can stretch and be weakened. I'm no mechanic, but just sayin'.



All that having been said, it used to be that almost nobody ever bought 
new hardware when putting an engine together.  I never did, and never 
had any issues.   Maybe the hardware isn't quite what it used to be... 
?   This goes for head bolts, rod nuts, main cap bolts etc.  Likewise 
Corvair crankcase bolts and rod nuts.  None ever failed.


Then there's the Cadillac Northstar 4.6 engines that still had head 
gasket failures even with all new head bolts/inserts etc... kinda hard 
to trust some of the modern engine hardware/designs. I did have one 
bigblock Mopar head crack after a few years following assembly but it 
wasn't because of reusing the head bolts (crack between chambers).  
Maybe I just got lucky along the way?


The stuff I fool with is all old anyway, so I worry not.   :-)


tony..




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