How do you do an H/C/I swap?
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You are also going to need a harmonic balancer puller if you do not have one already. Do your self a favor and get some new arp head bolts when you are at it, you will thank yourself later and new stock head gaskets will work just fine. Just curious, what type of money do you have to do the top end. IHAVE DONEwhat you are going to do and was not very happy with the power output of the motor after all the work i did. you are only going to be looking at 255 to the wheels with what you are talking about doing. Do yourself a favor and save alittle more and get some aluminum heads and the cobra intake is going to be good till 450fwhp so you will be o.k. if you do not intend to supercharge it. Just some info. from someone that has been there and done that and now has an 8 sec. ride. Hope this helps. Tom
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RE: How do you do an H/C/I swap?
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You are also going to need a harmonic balancer puller if you do not have one already. Do your self a favor and get some new arp head bolts when you are at it, you will thank yourself later and new stock head gaskets will work just fine. Just curious, what type of money do you have to do the top end. IHAVE DONEwhat you are going to do and was not very happy with the power output of the motor after all the work i did. you are only going to be looking at 255 to the wheels with what you are talking about doing. Do yourself a favor and save alittle more and get some aluminum heads and the cobra intake is going to be good till 450fwhp so you will be o.k. if you do not intend to supercharge it. Just some info. from someone that has been there and done that and now has an 8 sec. ride. Hope this helps. Tom
You are also going to need a harmonic balancer puller if you do not have one already. Do your self a favor and get some new arp head bolts when you are at it, you will thank yourself later and new stock head gaskets will work just fine. Just curious, what type of money do you have to do the top end. IHAVE DONEwhat you are going to do and was not very happy with the power output of the motor after all the work i did. you are only going to be looking at 255 to the wheels with what you are talking about doing. Do yourself a favor and save alittle more and get some aluminum heads and the cobra intake is going to be good till 450fwhp so you will be o.k. if you do not intend to supercharge it. Just some info. from someone that has been there and done that and now has an 8 sec. ride. Hope this helps. Tom
But are there any alternatives for cylinder heads in the like 400-500 dollar range cuz i'd be willing to spend that?
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Thanks Tom but 255 to the wheels is sounding pretty good to me, im gonna put and exhaust on it too which should push me up around 275 which is about my goal. I don't have much money and the guy at the junkyard is gonna sell me an explorer intake and 2 GT40 heads for 200 bucks which i figure is an awesome deal and i don't have enough for $1000 alminumcylinder heads. So 275 is sounding pretty good to me, lol it is my first car But are there any alternatives for cylinder heads in the like 400-500 dollar range cuz i'd be willing to spend that?
ORIGINAL: 2mchtoy
You are also going to need a harmonic balancer puller if you do not have one already. Do your self a favor and get some new arp head bolts when you are at it, you will thank yourself later and new stock head gaskets will work just fine. Just curious, what type of money do you have to do the top end. IHAVE DONEwhat you are going to do and was not very happy with the power output of the motor after all the work i did. you are only going to be looking at 255 to the wheels with what you are talking about doing. Do yourself a favor and save alittle more and get some aluminum heads and the cobra intake is going to be good till 450fwhp so you will be o.k. if you do not intend to supercharge it. Just some info. from someone that has been there and done that and now has an 8 sec. ride. Hope this helps. Tom
You are also going to need a harmonic balancer puller if you do not have one already. Do your self a favor and get some new arp head bolts when you are at it, you will thank yourself later and new stock head gaskets will work just fine. Just curious, what type of money do you have to do the top end. IHAVE DONEwhat you are going to do and was not very happy with the power output of the motor after all the work i did. you are only going to be looking at 255 to the wheels with what you are talking about doing. Do yourself a favor and save alittle more and get some aluminum heads and the cobra intake is going to be good till 450fwhp so you will be o.k. if you do not intend to supercharge it. Just some info. from someone that has been there and done that and now has an 8 sec. ride. Hope this helps. Tom
But are there any alternatives for cylinder heads in the like 400-500 dollar range cuz i'd be willing to spend that?
Anyone know what powerheads go for these days? Those are a decent option as well...my good friend made 289hp with powerheads, e-cam and trick flow street intake a few years back when they first came out.
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Ok so how about the option of getting the GT40's ported for however much that normally is, i think 400-500? That would put me in the 600-700 for both the heads and intake and would give me a much better gain right?