Y block 292 head bolts

[lalessi1]

Here is a great article on head bolts....

http://www.enginebuildermag.com/2005/07/perfect-engine-sealing-starts-with-proper-head-bolt-use/

Basically if the bolt has not been deformed by exceeding the "yield stress" it technically can be reused. I have reused head bolts in the past, albeit not on a Y block, without a failure. If I were building a race engine that would be a different story.

[chapingo17]

Could I get away with using longer bolts were smaller leght bolts are used? Or would they bottom out?

[Marc]

There's a good chance they'll bottom out.

[Hoosier Hurricane]

If the end bolts in the top row are inadvertently put in the inner 3 holes they bottom out.  And they are less than 1/4" longer than the inner 3.  Y Blocks have blind holes for the head bolts.   John