The man in brown IS FTW
11-23-2009, 11:59 PM
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11-24-2009, 09:10 AM
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11-24-2009, 12:00 PM
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Are you doing the valve springs yourself?
They are a HUGE PITA. Make sure you rig something to thread into the spark plug hole with compressed air hooked up to it, so the valves don't drop down when you take off the stock springs.
Also, what tool are you going to use? The OTC one is popular. They make another one that bolts to where the cam caps were and has a bar going across the head that I'd heard works pretty well. When I did mine, I had a crappy clamp style compressor (heads were off the car). I did a few of them, and then realized I had about 30 left and said "**** this..." and took them to a machine shop. It was worth the $150 to save myself the aggravation. The stock ones weren't bad coming off, but the new ones were so stiff the compressor I had wasn't cutting it.
Good luck.
They are a HUGE PITA. Make sure you rig something to thread into the spark plug hole with compressed air hooked up to it, so the valves don't drop down when you take off the stock springs.
Also, what tool are you going to use? The OTC one is popular. They make another one that bolts to where the cam caps were and has a bar going across the head that I'd heard works pretty well. When I did mine, I had a crappy clamp style compressor (heads were off the car). I did a few of them, and then realized I had about 30 left and said "**** this..." and took them to a machine shop. It was worth the $150 to save myself the aggravation. The stock ones weren't bad coming off, but the new ones were so stiff the compressor I had wasn't cutting it.
Good luck.
11-24-2009, 12:03 PM
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Are you doing the valve springs yourself?
They are a HUGE PITA. Make sure you rig something to thread into the spark plug hole with compressed air hooked up to it, so the valves don't drop down when you take off the stock springs.
Also, what tool are you going to use? The OTC one is popular. They make another one that bolts to where the cam caps were and has a bar going across the head that I'd heard works pretty well. When I did mine, I had a crappy clamp style compressor (heads were off the car). I did a few of them, and then realized I had about 30 left and said "**** this..." and took them to a machine shop. It was worth the $150 to save myself the aggravation. The stock ones weren't bad coming off, but the new ones were so stiff the compressor I had wasn't cutting it.
Good luck.
They are a HUGE PITA. Make sure you rig something to thread into the spark plug hole with compressed air hooked up to it, so the valves don't drop down when you take off the stock springs.
Also, what tool are you going to use? The OTC one is popular. They make another one that bolts to where the cam caps were and has a bar going across the head that I'd heard works pretty well. When I did mine, I had a crappy clamp style compressor (heads were off the car). I did a few of them, and then realized I had about 30 left and said "**** this..." and took them to a machine shop. It was worth the $150 to save myself the aggravation. The stock ones weren't bad coming off, but the new ones were so stiff the compressor I had wasn't cutting it.
Good luck.
11-24-2009, 12:15 PM
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If you have the air fitting for the spark plug hole and the right compressor.... it's no biggy at all.
11-24-2009, 04:45 PM
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Just make sure to change the valve seals while you're there. For what they cost it doesn't make any sense not to.