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Old Dec 16, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by WAHUSKER
Mine is an LS1 motor cuz I didn't want to change everything over. I forget now what it cost, but it can be rather involved.

And no, stock heads won't do a 408 with a BIG cam justice. You could put $1k into them (porting & polishing, valves, etc) to make them work....

And don't take this wrong, but what you're talking about doing takes a lot of knowledge. I know a fair amount about cars and I needed help. Things like degreeing a cam, setting the valve train up properly, installing a clutch that will hold up to this much power, tuning.....you're gonna need help, so plan for that part of the budget too.
Also don't take this wrong but THANKS!!!!!! (That is kinda what I meant.......just didn't word it properly)

And on a serious note, good luck with whatever decision you make Josh.
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 02:25 AM
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thanks guys that's why i posted the questions up. now to just get a daily and save up to get it done or find another way to finance it.
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 11:07 AM
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Did you ever run the leak down or compression Check?
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 01:01 PM
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thanks guys that's why i posted the questions up. now to just get a daily and save up to get it done or find another way to finance it.
Did you ever get it looked at to find out the actual problem?
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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not yet... I'm gonna have Amorget reset the tune unless I can get ahold of ryan (VtecThis) and borrow his HP Tuner so i can do some logging and track down the problem. Anyone have a leak down tester?
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