The saga continues.
I received the LE200 HAM built heads last Friday, they are a work of art to behold but all is not as it looks. I installed the supposed end all beats all heads this past Saturday and ran a standard 100psi leak down test with my Moroso tester. I was shocked to see over 30% leakage. The intake and exhaust valves both leak profusely. A little bit of soapy water squirted into the intake port created a bubble machine.
I called Len Hoffman at HAM this morning and he was surprised and agreed they should not be leaking and he issued a UPS shipping label, so off the heads came and back into the boxes they went. The heads are going back to Len to be inspected and repaired.
Just think, most people never check new heads and just install them on their builds. I wonder how many of Ham's heads, start out life like mine , already leaking? Make sure you perform a leak down test when building an engine. I will let you all know what happens next.
