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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 11:45 AM
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I have a 98 ls1 in my formula with almost 130k on the clock, runs great but I'm doin a cam swap soon and wanna give it a little more love. What would you guys recommend doing to breath some new life into it and freshen it up with the cam?
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A new oil pump,timing set, lifters, to start. How deep you wanting to go?
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Alright, yea..I figured I'd do the ls2 timing chain, ported oil pump, and ls2 lifters along with the pushrods and valve springs. Honestly, I dont know..just wanna get some of the age outta it haha. What about seafoming it or something to get some carbon out?
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Its all about money......how much do you want to spend?

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don't seafoam it with brand new parts and do you mean ls2 lifter trays with ls7 lifters? if your doing that add headgaskets and head bolts to that list
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Thanks man..great info on there

Didn't want to spend too much right now, cam swap is takin most of the $, just lookin for some tips and somewhat smaller things I can do
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well Id seafoam it just before, then do the swap..yeah, my bad, thats what I meant..why the new bolts/gaskets?
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well Id seafoam it just before, then do the swap..yeah, my bad, thats what I meant..why the new bolts/gaskets?
JEE-ZUZ-KEE-RICED........................when the hell are people going to stop using SeaFoam to clean their friggin top ends. What the hell.........
SeaFoam is complete **** for cleaning a top end.......

Go to a Dodge dealer and buy MCCC (Mopar Combustion Chamber Cleaner) and do it right for the same price.

Go to the General Maintenance section and read that thread thats there on the first page.



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well Id seafoam it just before, then do the swap..yeah, my bad, thats what I meant..why the new bolts/gaskets?
well to replace the lifters and lifter trays you need to remove the heads and you can't reuse the gaskets and bolts . . . i went through the same thing so i know how much fun it is lol
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JEE-ZUZ-KEE-RICED........................when the hell are people going to stop using SeaFoam to clean their friggin top ends. What the hell.........
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i've never had an issue running seafoam
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well to replace the lifters and lifter trays you need to remove the heads and you can't reuse the gaskets and bolts . . . i went through the same thing so i know how much fun it is lol

i've never had an issue running seafoam
Lol, sounds like lots! I knew you couldn't reuse the gaskets but I didn't know you couldn't reuse the bolts. I think I'm just gonna hold off on the lifters then until I put new heads on so I dont do it twice
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Oh and by timing set do you mean chain or chain and sprockets?
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Just the chain unless your sprockets are missing teeth or have severe wear
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