08 5.3 into 75 camaro
09-16-2013, 08:14 PM
#66
well funny story, i bought some degreaser and cleaner from home depot and set one of the heads in it to "soak" over night. just wanted to clean off the carbon and dirt, when i pulled it out of the degreaser the next morning there was about 1/16" eaten off of the head all the way around where the degreaser was! i took it to a machine shop and they said that it was trash! so now i have to pick up another set, just my luck. but i did come across a good deal with a local guy. im picking them up tommorow.
09-16-2013, 08:52 PM
#69
well funny story, i bought some degreaser and cleaner from home depot and set one of the heads in it to "soak" over night. just wanted to clean off the carbon and dirt, when i pulled it out of the degreaser the next morning there was about 1/16" eaten off of the head all the way around where the degreaser was! i took it to a machine shop and they said that it was trash! so now i have to pick up another set, just my luck. but i did come across a good deal with a local guy. im picking them up tommorow.
09-16-2013, 08:56 PM
#70
it was the home depot knock off of purple power. and no plans for bigger valves. i was looking around the internet for oil pan options and i found auto zone has a f body oil pan for 59.99? it says its metal and doesn't have the oil level sensor hole, they also have the oil pickup tube for 69.99, if i went this route only other things i would need is windage tray and oil tube and dipstick, has anybody used their pan? seems to good to be true?59.99
09-16-2013, 09:13 PM
#71
it was the home depot knock off of purple power. and no plans for bigger valves. i was looking around the internet for oil pan options and i found auto zone has a f body oil pan for 59.99? it says its metal and doesn't have the oil level sensor hole, they also have the oil pickup tube for 69.99, if i went this route only other things i would need is windage tray and oil tube and dipstick, has anybody used their pan? seems to good to be true?59.99
09-17-2013, 04:50 PM
#73
just want to say thank you to jdoyle for the truck heads, picked em up today and dropped em off at the machine shop. waiting on my Lunati cam and valve springs to show up now. making progress! hopefully i'll have the car back at my house this week so i can start prepping the firewall for smoothing and paint!
09-17-2013, 07:07 PM
#74
IIRC I believe they will but check the part # to be sure . Have you considered this oil pan.
http://www.jegs.com/i/GM-Performance...12593/10002/-1
http://www.jegs.com/i/GM-Performance...12593/10002/-1
09-17-2013, 08:54 PM
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09-17-2013, 09:01 PM
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well the Camaro that I swapped my motor into is gone! now its time to start working on mine again, first thing on the agenda is to tear down the 5.3 and clean it up, paint the block and valve covers, also want to put a car intake on it cause they look 100 times better! after thinking about it I don't think im going to swap a cam or heads, im going stock other than headers and tune.
The truck intake sits to high.
