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Old 10-12-2005, 07:26 PM
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What is the highest milege any one LT1 any one has put heads on. And what was the result.
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Old 10-13-2005, 07:06 PM
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how many miles you have on yours? i have 120k and im doin h/c in the winter
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JeffStar did his at like 90K back in the day, I'm doing mine at 67K
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Im gettin a compression test and if im good mine will be at 137k. Wish me luck.
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Originally Posted by 1993CaMaRoZ28ofIdAhO
Im gettin a compression test and if im good mine will be at 137k. Wish me luck.
Hey how much does a compression test cost? And where are you getting it done?
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You can buy the tester out of like summit, or you can take it to a shop and get it done for like $150-200. Thats what im doin.
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Cool, Probably do that in the future when I start looking into some goodies.
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If you have low miles now look into it soon! I wish i woulda 10k ago.
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I have 95k but I don't put more then 5k on a year so I am not really worried about it.
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Nice dude, mines a DD and i race for my High school so i drive it hard and fast.
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I have 112K and put the cam in about 6K ago and now i want heads but dont want to blow it up.
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I put my cam in at roughly 120k. Still kickin hard at 147k. Putting on heads wont put much more of a strain on the bottom end. If your car is in good running condition, you should be fine.
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