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Feb 15, 2004 | 05:28 PM

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few pics of head swap

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.

Feb 15, 2004 | 05:32 PM

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Wow Nice And Clean

Feb 15, 2004 | 05:36 PM

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Wow Nice And Clean

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

Feb 15, 2004 | 05:41 PM

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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.

Feb 15, 2004 | 05:41 PM

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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

Feb 15, 2004 | 05:42 PM

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

Feb 15, 2004 | 05:48 PM

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

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.

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Feb 15, 2004 | 05:58 PM

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

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.

Feb 15, 2004 | 06:09 PM

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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!

Feb 15, 2004 | 06:15 PM

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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

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

Feb 15, 2004 | 07:58 PM

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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}

Feb 15, 2004 | 08:34 PM

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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

Feb 15, 2004 | 10:21 PM

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

Feb 16, 2004 | 01:50 PM

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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.

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.

Feb 16, 2004 | 04:40 PM

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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

Feb 16, 2004 | 07:02 PM

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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.