My H/C/I project:

UPDATE 06/19/05: I ordered some Trickflow Twisted Wedge dual spring heads today off eBay. They're brand new and I got a good deal on them. They dual spring setup is capable of handling up to .600" of lift!

UPDATE 06/19/05: I also ordered a Trickflow Stage 1 cam from a guy on Stangnet. It has a 275/279 duration, with .499" intake lift and .510" exhaust lift (1.6 rockers). $105 shipped to my door!

UPDATE 06/19/05: I won some Trickflow 1.6/1.7 split ratio roller rocker arms on eBay. I'm going to put the 1.7's on the intake side, and that will bump up the intake lift to .530". I got the rockers for $138! The guy also sold me some Trickflow 6.750" hardened pushrods (the ones I need for my heads) for $50.

UPDATE 06/19/05: I placed an order through Summit for all my miscellaneous parts I need for my head and cam swap. I got my headbolts, gasket kit, lubricants, NOS lines (for my oil pressure sending units, I need to relocate them), and thermactor plugs to plug the back of the heads for the smog pump delete.

UPDATE 06/20/05: I went up to 50resto today to pick up some more parts. I got some MAC 1 5/8" shorty headers, and some FRPP hydraulic roller lifters. I kind of wanted to swap to long tubes, but I would have had to spend $360 just to do the swap. Sticking with shorty's, I only paid $140.

UPDATE 06/21/05: I went to O'Reilly's to pick up my timing cover gasket kit. There's a lot of freaking gaskets in there!

UPDATE 06/22/05: I just ordered a BBK adjustable fuel pressure regulator. I am gonna need a bigger fuel pump and injectors to support my fuel consumption. I am looking at some injectors on eBay, but I won't be able to get my MAF recalibrated right now, so I won't be able to use them right away. So I went ahead and ordered the AFPR so I can at least bump up my fuel pressure for the time being to compensate.

UPDATE 06/23/05: I needed to get a replacement switch for my manual fan switch since one of mine broke, so while I was at the store I picked up some tools I'm gonna need for the heads/cam swap. I got a scraper (for scraping all the old gasket material off), a feeler gauge, and a distributor clamp socket. I still need to get a dial indicator to measure PTV clearance, a vacuum gauge, and some fuel line disconnect tools.

UPDATE 06/23/05: I bought some FRPP 30lb injectors from eBay. Less than 3000 miles, and I got them for $137. Now I just need to worry about somehow getting my MAF recaled for them, and then a fuel pump.

UPDATE 06/23/05: Found out today that I'm gonna need taller valve covers to clear the 1.7 rockers I'm putting on my intake valves. A friend on stangnet gave me a link to some nice chrome steel ones for $21 brand new. I went ahead and ordered those too.

UPDATE 06/27/05: I ordered a fuel-rail mount fuep pressure gauge from 50resto today. I need one to go with my AFPR so I can see what I'm setting my fuel pressure to.

UPDATE 07/04/05: I decided the other day to go ahead and replace my timing chain and gear set while I have the motor apart. I ordered a FRPP steel double-roller kit from Summit. I went ahead and got 2nd day air since I'll need it by Friday.

UPDATE 07/11/05: She runs!! After 36 hours of work, she fired up Sunday night. She wouldn't idle very well with my MAF being out of calibration though, so I bought a new 76mm C&L today. Hooked it up, and she idles pretty good now, just a little low. This cam doesn't like 650, so I'm gonna bump it up to 900 and see how she likes that. I accidentally bent my power steering pump pulley in the swap, and so I'm without that right now, so I'm not driving it (WAY to hard), but I got a new one coming in tomorrow so I should be set tomorrow afternoon. Then I just gotta relash the rockers sometime next week (I got 1 ticking) and change the oil sometime and I should be DONE!! This cam is sick, the idle is insane, it sounds like a racecar. People will be looking around at redlights to see where all the noise is coming from. Not to mention how unbelievably LOUD it is now!

UPDATE 08/01/05: Well she runs again. I had been trying to track down some gremlins, like why she was lacking power and such, and it ended up being a blown head gasket. I tore it apart yesterday and redid all the gaskets and seals, and GOD does she run better! I still need to adjust fuel pressure and idle, but other than that I think she is actually finished now.

Pictures:

My new headers

My new lifters

My new valve covers

My parts pile

Getting ready

Just starting

Upper intake off

Me taking off lower intake

Lower intake off

Mike covered in antifreeze

Somebody got in the shop and was pestering us

Valve covers off

Mike doing something

Me breaking loose the head bolts

Mike's hand, busted it on a head

Got a head off

My bad harmonic balancer

Putting on my new timing chain

Both heads off

New heads on

Another shot of the new heads

Me messing with the power steering

A blurry pic of the work area

My lower intake after the blown head gasket

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Page 3 - Picturefest - 01/23/05
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