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Old 02-04-2009, 12:05 AM
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I'm still trying to talk myself into buying a set of heads for my car but it looks like a pain in the *** to swap them out. Just how hard is it? There doesn't seem to be much room under the hood to get to anything and I don't have the equipment to pull the motor. So.... I'll have to do it with the motor in the car. Is there a write up on how to do this step by step and could someone throw their .02 cents in on it?
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Here is a write up on how to do it

http://ls1howto.com/index.php?article=3
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My friend came to my house and took my heads off in about 2-3 hours. Got them back from the head shop a week later and he had it all back together in about 3 hours. And I have ARP head studs. Did it in the driveway.
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Thanks for the link!
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Are you not buying a vette? Wish I had your money...
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I'm in the process of buying one so yeah but I've got some things left to do on the SS as well. I'm not rich, just save my extra money to play with my toys.




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