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Old 10-23-2008, 12:47 PM
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looking for a valve spring kit, roller rockers, etc to rebuild stock e7's. I was planning on swaping the h/c/i, but i can't afford to do it for awhile, plus Im not doing the cam till on do a MAF conversion, which will add to the cost. So, I'm thninking of rebuilding the heads and w/ a Cobra intake. Oh yea, motor has 110K.
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Old 10-23-2008, 01:26 PM
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you shouldn't need to actually. valve seals usually last a while, the ones on my 177k motor were just fine. i'd say throw em back on untouched until you can afford to buy new ones.
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Old 10-23-2008, 01:41 PM
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Yeah, ^^^^ Don't waste any time, money, and labor re-building stock heads.
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Old 10-23-2008, 02:54 PM
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if you wanted to do something just lap the valves and install new seals and call it a day
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yeah dont wory about your stock heads...do the HCI all at once when you can afford the whole package
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Old 10-23-2008, 06:44 PM
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yea, I'll just wait and get new heads later. Does anyone know if the stock rockers are adjustable. Very rarely Ive heard this noise that sound like a wrench tapping on the valve cover. This is why I thinking of just throwing on new rockers and everything.

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Old 10-23-2008, 06:49 PM
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I don't think so. if you are thinking of getting a different cam i'm thinking you need to buy some new roller rockers like 1.6 or something
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Old 10-23-2008, 07:43 PM
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yea stocks are like 1.4 or 1.5 and there not adjustable.
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