i replaced my intake, it took a few days to do it, then what do you know i find out i have a leaky head gasket on the driver side rear corner man this is a pain, could i have some advice on how to do this.... thanks

 

would it be an ideal time to swap in my cam at this time too i guess, how long is this head gasket gonna take! should i do both for sure?

 

It is going to be a pain. You may as well swap cams now, as you will only need to remove a few more things. You will kick yourself in the butt later on if you don't. I've never replaced a head gasket, but I did have to rip my heads off my old engine and it is a pain. I hope you have a long breaker bar. A starting point would be a haynes or chiltons manual as far as help goes. After that, the motor swap board should be helpful in assisting you. Best of luck.

 

yeah i have chiltons, is there anyway some high temp rtv would seal it up without taking this dang car apart?

 

Head gasket or intake gasket?

If you are talking intake gasket did you use the rubber gasket for the china walls or just RTV?

 

my head gasket is leaking can i fix it without tearing it apart like with high temp rtv?

 

nope.

 

just shove some hi temp silly putty in the area where .....

No, you have to take the heads off, theres a lot of pressure in there that rtv would do no good. Hence one of the reasons head gaskets are metal.

 

If you've gotta take a head off and replace a head gasket, now would be the time to go ahead in change the cam. You're already gonna have the intake off, distributor out, a head off, etc...you would be half way there. I've seen you post about some LB9 heads you were getting. This would be the best time to do all of it. I bet you would see a noticeable improvement too. Just my $.02. Good luck with it.