droptopT/A

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ok guys i need some help choosing some nice budget heads i have a slight taping noise coming from my driver side head or around that area.when i start the car it doesnt make the noise and in the morning i can barely hear it but when it gets to running temps it starts taping/ticking very slightly starts at 2200 rpm and increases with rpm slightly barely noticeable but its driving me crazy.
i think it might be a lifter but i dont want to remove the heads just for a lifter so might aswell get new heads right lol.


i already got my exhaust welded so theres no exhaust leaks
i already changed my pushrods went with trickflows stock lenght 7.4s
changed the oil
the valve springs are fine
so what else can this noise be

droptopT/A

iTrader: (19)

car has full bolt ons gm hot cam kit and t56

i am planing on changin out the cam for something bigger but not yet maybe after i get this damm little ticking or taping noise it makes figured out.

iwas thinking bout this trickflows
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TFS-3061T001-C01/

krazy4

iTrader: (5)

Trickflows are expensive as hell.

I would go with some ported 243s.

haighter

iTrader: (55)

What's your engines oil psi at start up and after it's warmed up?

m6ttop

iTrader: (18)

Tighten your header bolts

ss.slp.ls1

iTrader: (36)

^^^My thoughts exactly.

Try that first man.

And if the heads have to come off, I would try to find some take of 243's and take them to WCCH and get them CNC ported.

Ryne @ CMS

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before you had to be convinced that WCCH was a decent shop.... now your recommending them..... damn your fickle

droptopT/A

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yeah i tried that already they were tight.i was thinking about just getting some heads and have wcch do them since i heard alot of good things from then but i woudnt know what to ask for in a port job thats why i was thinking of buying the trickflows and be done with it.

my future plans for the car is to make it a built 347 with a nice set of heads and cam nothing too crazy i just want it to be reliable and a really fun daily driver since i sold my gixer and formy.

yeah ur probably right 243s would be more than enough for a nice set up

Raptor_WS6

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i have some stock 5.3s and you know i will hook you up.

droptopT/A

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pm sent

XpEdItIoUs

iTrader: (44)

HAHA i was about to say the same thing, you beat me to it, this Kinda reminds me of the time he posted a thread asking how to solder wiring and then a week later he was offering to build custom harnesses. Sorry Jason nothing against you but i find that funny as hell.

383lt1impala

iTrader: (33)

For what the trickflows cost I would get the small bore l92s.

ROCNDAV

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Excuse my ignorance, but what/where is WCCH?

Ryne @ CMS

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West Coast Cylinder Head in Reseda,CA (818)705-5454
website: Proheads.com
owner and the person you should speak to: Richard Reyman

this help?

ss.slp.ls1

iTrader: (36)

West Coast Cylinder Heads (WCCH)
18405 Hart St.
Reseda, CA. 91335

I was going to take my LS3 heads there to be CNC ported, but since my build has switched from NA to FI, porting is no longer necessary to reach my power goals.

ROCNDAV

iTrader: (100)

Thanks.

MrElectric03

iTrader: (71)

Is 7.4 the correct length for pushrods? Doesnt the LS6 cam use 7.425" pushrods? Have you checked preload?