w8less

if you going cheap. just have the necessary work done heads hot tanked, magnafluxed, milled, and a calve job. with the cam swap i would get at least new springs and lifters. out of your cam choices get the trickflow

Mustangkiler

Do not reuse your pushrods with an aftermarket cam, all you need is some ford racing hardened steel 6.27 pushrods thats waht i got and there only 40 bux.

LOUDexhaust

Ok so i'll get new lifters and springs. What should I look for as far as springs?

What exactly is a valve job? Does it involve getting new valves?

I got the heads for $70.

drhoward

you will need some new headers as well

I am pretty sure the stock ones won't work with those heads (at least mine wouldn't have)

steele901

replace everything. i didn't and had a tick. pretty sure it was a lifter. super annoying. the last thing you'll wanna do is get those heads on a figure out you got a problem.

but yeah, like everyone else is saying. take those heads and get them checked out by a reputable engine shop and get them resurfaced as well.

LOUDexhaust

So let me recap:
I will resurface the bottom, valve job and new springs, lifters, magnaflux for cracks + hot tank, new headers if need be(already have some aftermarket ones).

What do I NEED to do about rockers and pushrods? I am digging into my savings to do this so I only want to replace what needs to be replaced. I also plan to do a minor port job, still reading up on it though.

LongrodLX

you could almost buy a nice set of used heads for what you will have into these

PJC Racing

I would measure for proper pushrod legnth (cam cores vary). Here's a link, if you don't know how:
http://www.compcams.com/Technical/FA...inGeometry.asp

LOUDexhaust

um... I picked up my heads for $70. I don't think the cost of springs and minor machine work is going to justify getting nicer heads. But i guess we'll see after they're installed.