rik_0_1

i have a 97 mustang gt and i am doing a pi head swap. i am also installing long tube headers and stage 2 cams and valve springs. im using 02 romeo heads and the pi intake. my question is besides the headbolts and gaskets, what else do i need and how difficult is the head swap

JJ03MustangGT

how mechanically inclined are you?

72MachOne99GT

I'd never done anything more than an oil change/fuel filter/spark plugs and I changed out one head on my '99 (passenger side)

If you're willing to take your time, label **** as it comes off, have patience, and follow directions, you'll be fine.

I think the WORST part of the entire ****tastic voyage is:
a. valve covers (piece of MFing gaskets blow buttholes and wieners)
b. the 4 bolts holding in the power steering pump
and c. patience/not getting angry when things don't go right the first time

Perf_white_GT

^^ i support this post... ^^

Pohatu18

valve covers suck to get off i stripped the 2 back lower ones and ended up breaking /ripping the big part of the cover off enough to get to the head bolts
^^ probly not the best thing to do but... **** happens when you and your friends are drunk.

Dont forget the Oil dipstick... or just buy a lokar flexible one.

lable things and where certain bolts go... somehow I ended up with about 10 extra bolts I dont know where they went nothing leaks.

Dont accidentally break parts... I droped a fuel injector and made a crack in the spray nozzle, and I did something to the spark plug wires to make 2 not fire(We did have a heavy dew and mist the next morning we did it outside and had the parts in a open shed

Perf_white_GT

note to self... dont let this guy work on your car...

Pohatu18

It was a learning experience for me I have never done more than changing my air intake and my headlights. You always mess up on something your first time, and the mix of alcohol probably didnt help

btg01bluGT

haha i know what u mean, but its better to prepare yourself in advance...make sure you LABEL all the stuff u take off and organize it together, also patience, if something doesnt go right which it probably wont dont do anything stupid and make it worse...but besides that i did mine in my garage with a few buddies and its definatly something that you can do

grogan

was there any special tools needed to do the heads and cams? i wanna do my own and save (est.$3000) dollars instead of having a shop install them.

72MachOne99GT

The only tools that I used, and this is just from my mind, I don't have a list in front of me were:

a 130ish piece socket set.
a deep 18 mm socket ---for 2-3 bolts on timing chain cover
a torque wrench -important for putting everything back together
whatever the air gun/wrench thingy is ---for breaking loose crank pulley bolts
and a breaker bar...for unbolting those head bolts,,which are on there good.. lol
durr....I forgot to mention a crank pulley remover/installer tool---rented from autozone


I think that's about it..that's a pretty shoddy list I'll admit, but it gives you the basics....
I'm thinking I used some kind of .. oh yea.. (edit above)

Again, patience, instructions, directions, patience, organization, patience... and patience