Double check your macinist work !!!!

[jon rand]

Well I finally got my 73 MOTION camaro ready to holeshot down the road, so I thought. Well I finaly got the motor assembled tranny gone through, had it all put together boy did it sound good. I ran the car in my garage for about 2 hours on jack stands, just to make sure it didnt over heat and ran the trans through all the gears, every thing good. Well it was finaly time, I shut this beast off, took it off the stands, got in and here we go so I start the car and it turned over kind of hard and then fired, I got out to double check for any leaks and such when i saw a bunch of water from the header to the rear end @%%^^&& I said. I shut it off pulled the plugs from that side cranked over the moter, water shot out the #3 hole.I pulled the head and the one valve guide i had replaced leaked, when the shop presed it in or out they cracked the head,not only did it crack the head but the cilinder hydroliced, bent the rod and cracked the piston around the pin. So after three years of waiting i guese it will be a litle longer, this sucks! So just a warning, double check all macine work no matter how good your macinist is supossed to be. And by the way the macinist said I didnt do that! so i'm stuck with the bill.