well, after waiting almost a year to get everything, given a set back from the previous set of heads i had, actually, a bad experience, and literally given them away, i finally am in the process of installing all the goodies in the car!!

actually, i started last sunday, and worked for 10hrs, and got as far as removing the heads and water pump. of course, everything that needed to come off to get there, is off.

i am stuck at the crank bolt! man! what a PITA!! i even tried a 135psi compressor, then a 24" breaker bar. well, hopefully, tomorrow i will try a much bigger compressor. if i can get this done, everything is easy, i hope.

my LS6 ported intake and oil pump arrived friday, and i have everything else ready to go.

i should probably take some pics.

mods are in my sig under going in.

oh! what kind of #s you think i might get?

 

Have you got that bolt off yet, I have to tackle that bad boy tomorrow??

Barry

I bet your going over 450's BTW, good luck!!!!!

 

That crank bolt is a tough one... just a note, when it finally DOES give, it will probably feel that you broke it off in the crank, at least that's what it felt like on my car. I used a 1/2" drive 250 ft-lb torque wrench and just pulled with absolutely everything I had, and it broke loose. What are the specs on the street sweeper-high torque? That's a cam from Ed at Flowtech, right

-J

 

hey, Barry, my man! he,he

no, i have not!
a friend of mine offered his high power compressor. so, we should try it as soon as he gets here.

i think i will just in the garage and get whatever i can ready. i will let you know.

i hope you are right about the power!
we can be optimistic, and that's a good thing!

 

hey, lastcall,

thanks for the info!
especially the feel after you break it loose. i don't to freak out
b/c i thought i busted the damn thing! LOL

i will check my torque wrench to see if it is a 250ft-lb.
i did get a 24" breaker bar, but no luck with it.

yes, it is an Ed Curtis, FTI cam!
228/232, .612/.600, 111+3lsa

 

Mods, i meant to put this in the Generation III Internal Engine.
sorry.
if you think it should be moved, i will follow there.
if not, that's good as well.

 

Yea my torque wrench was over 24" to begin with so it worked out nicely. Thats a nice looking cam! Should put down some real healthy numbers, especially with the 62cc and thinner HG!

-J

 

well, my friend never showed up with the big compressor.
so, i will see if i can get the pipe to slide on the breaker bar.

thanks on the cam!
i did soooo much research, and got an xe-r same duration, but after doing some math, and some projections, i wished someone made the same duration cam, but with more lift, but not too much beyond .600. then, voila! i came across Ed's cam!
and the heads, well, they came 63.5cc, so i took them to get milled to exactly 62cc. that's what Ed recommended, and the cometic .040".

i am hoping for the best.

thanks!

 

Hey brother howz it going, did you get it off? I got my heads off last night going to get the tool to do my pulley this morning so I get that cam out and starting building it back up!!!

Good luck

 

Yeah if you can get a long enough pipe to fit it should break off anything. Or go to sears and get one of those 700lb impact wrenches.

 

hey, Barry,

you got the bolt off already?!! wow!
awesome!!
bet you will be done before me! LOL

i can't work on it during the week. maybe the 4th i can get it done.

way to go, brother! and good luck with the build up.

 

i like how you think! that's what i feel like doing!
big ol' impact!!

 

Hey brother,

I only got my heads off so far, going to work the front cover after I get some sleep I'm working Mids this week 11pm to 7am. So I hope to get the U/D pulley off today and timing chain, oil pump and cam out and start clean the block up!!!
What about you any luck on that bitch *** bolt yet.

Barry

 

Well I got my crack bolt out with and elec. inpact gun, but here's the kicker I broke one out of the three tags on the stock pulley and I'm ot here what to do??? i already post up for help. Good one huh!!!!

 

ok! guys!

feel free to start laughing!
it all started b/c of the horror stories i read about the crank bolt.

i went to home depot to buy a pipe, was then looking at 240 ftlb torque wrench, then i thought of going home to get the breaker to bring to home depot to fit the pipe.

well, i get home, check my torque wrench for size and know how much torque. it is only a 150ft-lbs. without thinking, i put the 3" extension and the socket, put it on the bolt, tried, nada, then got a better angle, and...BAM!!! it broke loose with only 2 tries!! then, easily by hand!!! LOL

so, off i go to get done as much as i can, so that i can get close finishing.

yeah! go ahead, laugh!! i am!

 

oh, man!
sorry to hear that!
how that happened?
i am about to start that now.

as you can read, i broke my crank bolt loose in the most embarrassing way, sooooo easy!
still with my work clothes on!!
the pulley is next right now.

your sig is impressive! you might the one in the 450+ range, bro!!

maybe get the other 3 jaw puller and...man! i don't know.
i hope someone chimes in for ya!
where is the thread?

good luck, brother!!

 

I'll get the son-of-bitch off in the morning as I'm stuck at work, someone chimmed in and told me to put the puller on the outer ring.

 

i think it will work, man!

before i realized you had the powerbond (tired from work lol) i thought you were trying to reuse it, and was going to offer you mine since it is coming off.
but, then, i realized you a powerbond man!
hang in there.

 

Thanks alot brother you do the same, and we'll be enjoying our dyno numbers soon enough!!!!

 

i got good and bad news.

bad-i got the oil pump pick up tube bolt on the wrong side! i got lucky getting it out though. don't know how lucky i will get when putting back in.

good-the Rollmaster crank sprocket when in very easily w/out having to heat it up. i mean, eaily, it smacks the base.

got lifters out, and they seem to have some kind of sandy stuff on them. i wonder if it is just dust from being exposed for a week.

saturday-oil pump (wish me luck), cam, degree it, lifters, heads, check length of pushrods, and try to finish up then, if not, sunday.

not in a hurry anymore, just want to do things right.