Brian2001SS

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Well, with Sly's help, we tore the stock heads off. Now the final cleaning and the wait for my new Absolute Speed 5.3 stg. 2 heads are on. So far everything has gone well.

Thanks again to Sly for his help.

pdd

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Wow Nice And Clean

Brian2001SS

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I guess I should of mentioned my car only has 11,000 miles on it. Sometimes I wonder what the hell I am doing

42NightZ28

i also have a 2001 and Mine has 9,900 Miles on it. i am starting the heads anc cam swap but can't get the damn intake off its stuck on there damn good. i got all the bolts out so i don't know what the deal is.

Orange Juice

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You are staying with the same cam? I am waiting for Jay to be finished mine also I ordered a 224 224 581 114 to go with the heads. I also opted for the ported intake and 78mm tb

camaross383

Good job, I'm about to swap heads myself. Have you got any pointers or problems that popped up during the removal?

Brian2001SS

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With Sly's help, everything went pretty smooth. Kinda hard to get to those bolts on the back of the head, but patience wins there. Coolant everywere, but I guess there isn't much you can do there.

42NightZ28

hey hey hey!!! how did your intake come off?

Brian2001SS

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Is it free, or stuck to the heads? Mine came right off, we just had to leave the back bolts in and hold them up to remove it. Also there as a couple of sensors and that damn brake hose. But we slid it forward to remove those.

May be Sly cam chime in here later and help.

NovaTime

I had this problem on my brothers '68 Ford galaxy. We put a cherry picker on the car, and then used an air chisel to get the manifold off, eventually it came off. Try working on a corner!

pdd

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my corvette has only 4500miles on it. im just as wacky

more carbon

sooo can see in pics your headers can just be pushed out of the way,i was told headers had to come out in a head swap,do hooker LT's just get pushed over too??? {f-body}

slyws6

These intakes aren't like the old days where you put a bead or RTV on the front and back if that's what NovaTime is talking about. These intakes come out very easily, you can have them off in 15 mins or less if you have the proper tools.

-Sly

HOTROD98Z

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Lookin good man, do you have an eta on your new heads?

1fastWS6

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Sure you can.....drain the coolant from the block first before pulling the heads. Makes it a lot less messy. You can pull the block drain plug above the starter, or, do like I did and push a small hose down the water pump hole in the front of the block and siphon the coolant out from there. No coolant in the bores, bolt holes, etc.

slyws6

I told him about the drain plugs but didn't want to bother with it. He did the vacuum to the water pump but it still didn't get enough of it out.

-Sly

42NightZ28

well apprently they Stuck mine on good at the factory becase it took me climbing into the engine bay and yanking on it to get to tp pop up, it made a suction sound when it finally let loose.

Brian2001SS

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No eta yet. I plan on giving Jay a call tomorrow to see what he thinks.