Forgot to take pictures of the "after" results for the cylinder head, but I already did that once to the old head...
I did take pictures of the head cover though! I was sure to tape off and stuff all oil holes before bead blasting. I gotta say, it's more satisfying to do it myself than to pay a shop to do it. Took about two hours to get into all the nooks and crannies. I now have all parts to the motor clean, and we are nearly ready to reassemble.
I'm happy to have people pushing me along. I've been in a slump these last few months with the way the world is going and it's time I focus on what brings me joy.
My cousin wants the bike to beat my uncle's fox body drag car. He's running a stock v8 that pushes about 250hp and runs mid 12's. (My cousins valiant runs low 10's and he's shooting for 9's next season. I will never have an xs that fast. They aren't meant for that)
All jokes aside, there's an actual shot at beating my uncle's car if I ever chose to but for now I just wanna make it as reliable as I can and go from there.
If you guys wanna see the Valiant, my uncle painted it, I helped with the restorative work such as undercoating, and parts removal, and they did the rest. It has a 414 Chrysler small block in it. It makes between 500 and 600 HP naturally aspirated. I find it to be pretty impressive. I still love motorcycles at heart but the transformation of that car was fun to watch.