Gumby83

That is tempting due to new engine, new bearings and being a superior block/heads , but ultimately not reusing the terminator kit would be a nightmare, after getting it mostly wired so far i would really appreciate how easy it would be to swap the engine, just plugging in the sensors on the engine.

Looking for a full rebuilt kit on ws6store, that site needs to be updated bigtime, also don't know what max effort rocker arms are, i see some stock ones with trunion upgrade. Porting the stock 317's is a option when i get the block bored. Ghost cam looks good as well, will have to research to see how it sounds as i need chop at idle. the vehicle this is going into is a ratrod 1965 C10. I was wondering if i needed a cam degree kit, i figured if i went with a different timing chain setup or different crank it wouldn't be bad to have just incase. OEM Valve covers sound appealing now, i didn't know aftermarket stuff had such a bad rep. Timing cover alignment tool, i figured it would fill in the gap between the oil pan and the timing cover, like leave it in there instead of a bunch of RTV... but now that i see that its a tool, i wont be getting it. that one slipped by. As far as Gaskets, i don't mind paying additional money for something i will never have to worry about again. piece of mind i guess.. I kind of wanted the aftermarket heads for the bling and how well the TFS heads did on richard holdeners videos, seemed like a clear winner. beating even the rec port LS3 heads and he touts more NA power, less boost needed. to hit the same power levels, with the turbo i have, the AR is a 1.10 so the additional flow will help spool the turbo earlier.

Great advice for more then one reason, it just dawned on me that since i have to have the block cleaned/bored and inspected, i may as well just get rods/pistons and get them to balance the rotating assembly and maybe rebuild the short block for me, saving me the cost of the tools required for it. in fact, i am now 100% doing this. Thanks for bringing it up and making me think about it again.


[Edit] Decided on BTR's Truck Norris Cam[/Edit]