doing a head install soon. Any tips would be helpful, also any supplies that I could over look that I might need. I'm using ls1howto.com
thanks

 

Remember the ground on the back of the drivers side head.

 

I'm going to be doing a head install soon too and one thing I'm going to try is hooking up a shop vac to the water pump so *maybe* I won't get a bunch of coolant in the bolt holes.

 

http://www.ls1howto.com/

 

I'm digging this one up, because "www.ls1howto.com" is the best site, EVAR...next to this site.

 

Ok i just read that whole page about the LS1 head swap. I think i will be trying this sometime soon. The only thing i dont really get is why they un-bolt the y-pipe? I mean the headers are still going to be there in the way so why take the trouble to unbolt them from the y-pipe?

 

You will need to move the headers around to get to the bottom head bolts. So you need them to be lose.

 

Just know that you need a wrench to fit the power steering pump. Otherwise you will spend an hour trying to get that bolt off like I did. Also if possible take the headers off, or at least move them down a good it for clearance. Another thing that made everything difficult. Without those two problems I would have literally done it in half the time. And saved myself a lot of frustration. I mean A LOT!!

 

Yeh, the power steering pump is a PITA...

 

I would say get a set of metric ratchet wrenches if you are gonna attempt a H/C install, not a mandatory item but deff. a time saver

 

Beer..
i like pabst blue ribbon, old time favorite...
no one should do these projects dry.

i believe there to be a bracket on the passenger side head..some of that **** was overcooking my grits so i left it off..just like ls1howto said...the hard part for me was breaking one of those bolts free back there...but, yeah remember bout those ground wires.

 

Getting the bolts off the back of the heads was not that bad for me..

I can't imagine how much of a PITA it's gonna be to get them back ON though..

 

not bad somehow, gettin em on wasn't too bad at all actually....i thought it was gonna be a pita too....well it felt like a bolt on one of the back of the stock heads for me was torqued to like 5 thousand foot pounds lol..i think my left arm is weak.

 

Was it the bolt on the back side of the PAX head? That joker was down pretty good..