Can the heads be taken off while in car?!?!
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Can the heads be taken off while in car?!?! like title says can the heads be removed with out pulling the engine? i have a lifter going or gone bad and its sorda loud and sounds like crap i checked the rockers and push rods.....everything is good there.....i have chromoly push rods....i bent one awhile back and have had noise there since then....HELP!
oh yea and thats with 107,000 on the OD with just boltons
oh yea and thats with 107,000 on the OD with just boltons
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any helpful hints, time saving advice? the valve cover is off now and its 1:30pm can it be done by tonight? will i need new head gaskets? bolts? will it warp? never took one off before but i got one of those books that tells how to do it all to camaro's and firebirds from autozone
Be sure to get the surfaces very clean and clean the bolt holes out also.
http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=3
I think this is better than the autozone book
http://www.ls1howto.com/index.php?article=3
I think this is better than the autozone book
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From: Brook Park, Ohio
I've never removed a head before, but from what I've read on this site you have to make sure the bolt holes are completely clean/dry prior to installing the head. Some people have cracked thier block during the install because there was still some coolant left in the bolt holes. So the bottom line is make sure there is ABSOLUTELY no coolant in the bolt holes prior to installing the heads.
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Just my opinion (from experience), but I would invest in the ARP head studs, especially if you may end up taking the heads off more than once (and being a beginner, a mistake is possible, thus having to remove the heads again). The cost of the studs is basically the same as buying head bolts twice, so I think its a good investment. Just be sure to follow the torquing procedure.
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Originally Posted by Byter
Just my opinion (from experience), but I would invest in the ARP head studs, especially if you may end up taking the heads off more than once (and being a beginner, a mistake is possible, thus having to remove the heads again). The cost of the studs is basically the same as buying head bolts twice, so I think its a good investment. Just be sure to follow the torquing procedure.
Buying the ARP head studs was some of the best money I've spent. 
Originally Posted by Oscar Will
I don't think you will be able to put studs in one of these unless the motor is out of the car, you won't have room to drop the heads on over studs "in the car".
Originally Posted by Kurtomac
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I do think it is prettier than my Z28, so I bought my wife one just like it, NBM WS6's make good "girl cars" 
Don't you need to be fixing all those loose bolts from your K member swap?
Originally Posted by gomer
Well.. my car made .4 more rwhp and 6 more rwtq than you piece of **** I do think it is prettier than my Z28, so I bought my wife one just like it, NBM WS6's make good "girl cars"
Don't you need to be fixing all those loose bolts from your K member swap?
I do think it is prettier than my Z28, so I bought my wife one just like it, NBM WS6's make good "girl cars" Don't you need to be fixing all those loose bolts from your K member swap?
