AFR 205 Install Check List
AFR 205 Install Check List So here's the skinny : I picked up a set of AFR 205's incredibly cheap. I am going to be doing a mass install of all the parts i've been accumulating from the past few months. I was just wanting a few opinions on some parts that i have yet to purchase, and if i'm missing anything. The car is a weekend warrior with mild to moderate strip duty (any time i can get it there it goes)
As the car sits: 2002 Z/28 - A4 - 46k miles
-Vengeance VRX4 cam (228/230 .588 .590 on a 112)
-TSP pushrods 7.4"
-Patriot dual Golds with Ti. retainers, new seats seals
-Ported LS6 oil pump
-LS2 timing chain
-P&P TB
-Whisper Lid
-42lb injectors (stockers were @97% before swap)
-Vigilante 4000 stall
-Built tranny
-Stock 3.23 rear
-QA1 single adj. fronts
-UMI subframes (welded)
-UMI adj panhard
-UMI adj LCA's
-LCA relos (welded)
And yet to be installed:
-BMR Tubular K member
-BMR Tubular Lower A arms
-Poly Motor Mounts
-AFR 205 heads. 62cc chambers. AFR dual springs
And what I'll have by install time
-rod bolts Katech or ARP (opinions?)
-Cometic .040 gaskets (open to suggestions...)
-Pushrod Length checker
-LS7 Lifters (opinions?)
-New head bolts (ARP or stock)
-Vengeance ported FAST 92 & TB (pending funds @ summer's end)
If you could give opinions, experience with any of the parts i have listed, i would really appreciate it! thanks!
As the car sits: 2002 Z/28 - A4 - 46k miles
-Vengeance VRX4 cam (228/230 .588 .590 on a 112)
-TSP pushrods 7.4"
-Patriot dual Golds with Ti. retainers, new seats seals
-Ported LS6 oil pump
-LS2 timing chain
-P&P TB
-Whisper Lid
-42lb injectors (stockers were @97% before swap)
-Vigilante 4000 stall
-Built tranny
-Stock 3.23 rear
-QA1 single adj. fronts
-UMI subframes (welded)
-UMI adj panhard
-UMI adj LCA's
-LCA relos (welded)
And yet to be installed:
-BMR Tubular K member
-BMR Tubular Lower A arms
-Poly Motor Mounts
-AFR 205 heads. 62cc chambers. AFR dual springs
And what I'll have by install time
-rod bolts Katech or ARP (opinions?)
-Cometic .040 gaskets (open to suggestions...)
-Pushrod Length checker
-LS7 Lifters (opinions?)
-New head bolts (ARP or stock)
-Vengeance ported FAST 92 & TB (pending funds @ summer's end)
If you could give opinions, experience with any of the parts i have listed, i would really appreciate it! thanks!
Last edited by STEEPSS; May 31, 2009 at 12:15 PM.
Sounds like a fine list you have there. Head gaskets you might want to think about a set of GM MLS they are more forgiving then cometics if your not having the block decked. I haven't had any leaks with my cometic's but my heads and block were new and checked at the machine shop. Head bolts... I would go with arp over the stockers, The arp's are reuseable too. Lifters... The ls7's will work fine. Rod bolts... My arp rod bolts are doing just fine, but I've never heard of any problems with the katech either. Good luck with the new round of mods.
Sounds like a fine list you have there. Head gaskets you might want to think about a set of GM MLS they are more forgiving then cometics if your not having the block decked. I haven't had any leaks with my cometic's but my heads and block were new and checked at the machine shop. Head bolts... I would go with arp over the stockers, The arp's are reuseable too. Lifters... The ls7's will work fine. Rod bolts... My arp rod bolts are doing just fine, but I've never heard of any problems with the katech either. Good luck with the new round of mods.
Also, can anyone give me a number as to what my compression ratio will be with this setup? I've done some looking, and I think it will be in the 11.5 to 1 area. Is this close, or can someone give a little insight on the matter?
good looking list but if you already have pushrods there is no need for the Pushrod Length checker. you should put everything on then use the Pushrod Length checker and then buy the exact length pushrods.
Having different lifters will change my valvetrain geometry, so i'll need to check the length of my pushrods, right? Hence the need for a pushrod length checker.
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