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what else should i buy to complement these heads when i put them on? thinner head gaskets? arp head studs. what about new pushrods and lifters. anybody have any opinions
what else should i buy to complement these heads when i put them on? thinner head gaskets? arp head studs. what about new pushrods and lifters. anybody have any opinions
what else should i buy to complement these heads when i put them on? thinner head gaskets? arp head studs. what about new pushrods and lifters. anybody have any opinions
Get chromoly hardened pushrods, LS7 lifters, and arp head studs if you have the money. You can get the heads milled or run a cometic head gasket to bump up the compression a little. Get a dual spring kit to match the cam you are getting (MS3/4).
I can't tell you the thickness of cometic gasket to get, but I'm sure someone will chime in. As for the pushrods, its best to use a pushrod length checker.
Use the compression calculators to figure out your gasket thickness, you will need your cam specs though. You want between an 8.5 and 8.6 DCR and probably about 11:1 SCR.
Cool, if it were me id port em now and have them ready to install with the cam. If you install them now, then to get the true performance from your cam you will need to port them anyway, but your car will be down for a longer period of time.
Cool, if it were me id port em now and have them ready to install with the cam. If you install them now, then to get the true performance from your cam you will need to port them anyway, but your car will be down for a longer period of time.