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NEW HEADS: PERFORMANCE ADDITIONS
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Well as you know from previous pages, I ported my heads well over the standard gasket match port job! To go along with this, the original plan was to take my iron heads and get them reworked. We were never really sure of the valve job that was done when my old heads were installed and beyond that the car had been running on them for about 60,000 miles. They were well overdue for another valve job anyway! Thank god for this idea, or we never would have known my old heads were cracked. So now instead it was to the machine shop with the new ported heads for a multiangle valve job. Then to further freshen things up, the heads were milled the standard amount to help with the compression and sealing.
So to compliment the increased port work and the new valve job, I went with 1.6 roller tip rockers. Figure I could milk the cam a bit more! Speaking of the cam... the swap was done quite some time ago, and the car has been run pretty hard. The springs originally installed were the largest springs we could fit in my limited spring seat on these heads. Well we were never sure these springs had even been adequate for the cam to begin with. So with a bit of age anyway, we decided it was time to upgrade them too. The machinist enlarged the spring seat and added a retainer so I could run some seriously beefy springs.
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Back from the machine shop...
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Now they are all set with new valves and a multiangle valve job and a bit of milling... new beefier springs and seats... all new locks and retainers... Yeah!
Suckers look wild don't they!
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New Comp Cam 986-16 Valve springs!
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So the springs that were on the old heads were as strong as we could get with the correct diameter to fit on the v-6 heads! Well this time we decided to get some stronger springs in a larger diameter and see what Kyle could do!
So here are the Comp cam 980 valve springs compared to the new seriously beefy 986 dual coil springs! Now remember, the smaller springs were my replacement springs when I went to the new cam. They were the strongest we could find in the right diameter! So imagine how much smaller the stock springs are lol!!!
Now here are the heads back from Kyle with the new valve spring seats he made. Yep he got those beasts to work. Added all new locks and retainers!
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Intalling on the engine!
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Used new ARP head studs! Love them!
To install them, you use a allen head bit or wrench...
Here you can see the allen hole recess in the top of the stud!
Here they are going on the car
Now the new Comp Cam 1.6 roller tip rockers!
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DIRECTORY FOR RAIF'S ENGINE PERFORMANCE SITE
01
Site Overview
02
Most Current Dyno and Track run
03
Early Cold Air Induction System
04
2001 Modifications
05
2001 Track Times
06
2002 Modifications
07
2002 Dyno & Track Times
08
2002 Fall Modifications
09
2002 Fall Dyno & Track Times
10
2003 Distributor rebuild
11
2003 Transgo Shift Kit & Stall Converter
12
2003 May Dyno
13
2003 3.4L Engine Swap
14
2003 3.73 Disc Rearend Swap
15
2003 December Dyno
16
2004 Cutout & PF&E Headers
17
2004 Dyno
18
2004 / 2005 Transmission
19
2005 3in Mandrel Bent Exhaust & Dyno Results
20
2005 Truleo Intake, 65mm Ford Throttle body, Stock, & Disassembly Pictures
21
2005 Truleo Intake, Ford TB, & Fuel Rail Installation
22
2005 Truleo Intake & Ford TB Vacuum Line Routing
23
2005 Truleo Intake & Ford TB Custom Linkage Installation
24
2006 MSD Box & New fuel Pump
25
2006 Old Heads: Gasket Match Ported, & General Porting Information
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2006 New Heads: Extreme Porting
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2006 New Heads: Multiangle Valve Job, 1.6 Roller Tip Rockers, Beefier Valve springs <<<
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2006 Lower Runner (Intake Base) Gasket Match Porting
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2006 Extreme Lower Runner (Intake Base) Porting
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2006 Dyno Results: Truleo & New Head Combo
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Future Plans
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