96LT1Z

So I am currently in the process of porting heads, and swapping cam.
I have a local guy porting the heads for me and while he's finishing that I have some time to finish the cam and the front of the motor.

My first question, I am going with a cast cam, so do i need to replace the oil pump drive gear with a different gear or will it be fine. Another lt1 guy I talk to a lot had a billet cam and he did NOT change the gear and ended up stripping it out. So since I am going cast and not Billet I was thinking i should be fine. What do you guys think?

Second, What is you guys opinion on head bolts? I have the part number for both ARP's and Felpro's. Felpros are a hell of a lot cheaper obviously. I think they will be fine as this motor will be just at 400 hopefully. Thoughts?

Third, I am having the heads milled .020, or .030" and I am going to be using a .026" head gasket. Im not thinking I really have to worry about PTV issues but I could be wrong. Any concerns?

Thanks guys

waltsfastz

iTrader: (4)

The stock gear should be fine. Id go with ARP Head bolts, The felpro will be a stock replacement. The ARP bolts will be reuseable as well.