Engine sealing

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by buzzinhalfdozen

There are several ways I've seen engines sealed. First is the colored paste used by I&N they put it on various fasteners that would have to be removed to make any changes, carb studs,intakebolts, ect. The second I've seen in carting they use drilled studs and insert wire with a crimped tag that would keep it from being disassembled without tearing up the tag. You could ask your tech. guys to devise a way of sealing your engine, maybe they will work with you on this, the cost of gaskets are not going down not to mention the labor involved. Joe

back when i used to race Karts, "tech paint" was the common thing. problem was that anyone could buy some themselves. later they went to a situation where two adjacent head bolts had to have a hole in them (like for safety wire), with a wire ran through them with a lead seal.

We have had our carburetors "tech painted" last year at the Memphis D4 race. not for a record or anything. They just told everyone to pull their carb, bring it to the trailer and submit it for inspection