In the middle of my h/c/i swap, in need of some confidence.....
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5.0Droptop
...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??
Special Agent Mukity-Muck Whats in Charge Round Here
74courier
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you can do itttttttt. what i did when i rebuilt my bottom end was buy a long block and took it apart and put it back together a few times to get the feel for it before i jumped in on my good parts.
5.0Droptop
...all those nights we shared, and you're a dude??
Special Agent Mukity-Muck Whats in Charge Round Here
ummm here you go.
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A girl with a handful of lotion. That boosted my self confidence. LOL
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A girl with a handful of lotion. That boosted my self confidence. LOL
lol.
74courier,
Im just gonna buy a CHP Dart 347 stroker hopefully sometime before next year. Then I can skip the s-trim and go straight to YSi lol.
74courier,
Im just gonna buy a CHP Dart 347 stroker hopefully sometime before next year. Then I can skip the s-trim and go straight to YSi lol.
74courier
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if i had the money for a dart block thats the way id go but with a turbo setup instead. but im trying to build an entire car on 5-6k is about all im going to be able to pull off at this point in time ive probly spent about 60 hours pouring over combos that will pull me the lowest ets on the smallest budget.
I've only got two pointers.... Use RTV or some type of thread sealant on the lower head bolts.... and use Loc-Tite on the cam bolt!!! This is what happened to me when I didn't use loc-tite on that cam bolt.....
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Damn poopdawg, you make me nervous, lol. I believe I put locktite on that bolt but Im not 100% sure, you make me nervous lol.
That was the 4th motor in my old 83 Vert. Sad part was, I put about 15 miles on those heads and cam (AFR 165s, Comp Cams XE274H) before it grenaded... I knew what the problem was, I just didn't believe it and took it for a test drive, nailed it... All I heard was a detonation sound, then booooooom!! White smoke, belt went flying... I knew what happened... and at that moment... I said to myself "time for a new car" I wasn't going to fix it... So I parted the car, and got the car I have today... Much more reliable.Ironman92GT said:
The car was extremely fun... I bent 12 of the 16 valves in the heads, and wiped out 3 cam lobes... bent two rods, broke the block in many many pieces... broke two pistons, bent 12 pushrods... it wasn't a great day... After spending about 2000 dollars on heads, and a cam and supporting hareware... I was extremely pissed lol. Good thing I got a buddy that owns a machine shop.. he did the heads for 200 bucks, and I sold them for the 100 l less then new. Nick
wht93gtEd
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hey Aliate X, what's the deal with those Trick Flow valve covers...I mean, how hard is it to attach the oil filler neck?
I'm doing the same swap over the summer, but I was debating whether or not to use the TricKFlow vavle covers, or just get some aftermarket ones that already have the provision for the filler neck.
I'm not sure how to go about that?
I'm doing the same swap over the summer, but I was debating whether or not to use the TricKFlow vavle covers, or just get some aftermarket ones that already have the provision for the filler neck.
I'm not sure how to go about that?
wht93gtEd said:hey Aliate X, what's the deal with those Trick Flow valve covers...I mean, how hard is it to attach the oil filler neck?
I'm doing the same swap over the summer, but I was debating whether or not to use the TricKFlow vavle covers, or just get some aftermarket ones that already have the provision for the filler neck.
I'm not sure how to go about that?
I dunno, Im going to deal with it soon though, Ill let you know how it turns out. Im going to see if I can bring it to a machine shop, it will only cost like 15 bucks.
vikingpower
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I didnt use any Loctite on the cam plate, just tightened em down good and they havent gone anywhere yet. I pretty much just put everything back together the way it was when I took it all apart. The only thing you need a torque wrench for is the head bolts.
mac16 said:haha i have those valvecovers on my 331. its funny as the oil drips on the header at a stoplight and smoke just leaks out of the cowl in my hood, people think my car is on fire.
out of the filler neck?
