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syty9933

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Re: engine rebuild

BoostedSUV said:
So you're a little ahead of the came with parts you have. It cost me $3500 to do pretty much the same rebuild as you are planning minus the 4 bolt main caps. I too was on a budget so I added the vortecs/cometic gaskets/ARP studs to the mix a year later. :tup:
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cool, what did you use in the meantime for heads? l35s? and did you have a 412 cam then or only when you put on vortechs?
 
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BoostedSUV

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One more recommendation that I forgot to add... Where ever you decide to take it to get rebuild, have the shop take out the pressed in rocker studs and convert them to screw ins. That's one mistake I learned the hard way! The increased lift will pull the studs out of the head if you don't!

There's a guy in NJ that did my motor and Nick's (NJ93TY) if you need someplace to have it done and don't mind driving a few hours to drop it off....
 
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BoostedSUV

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Re: engine rebuild

syty9933 said:
cool, what did you use in the meantime for heads? l35s? and did you have a 412 cam then or only when you put on vortechs?
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I freshened the stock heads and used them for the time being along with the 412 cam. It wasn't the best combo but it was enough to go 12s with the "wrong" tuned ultimate chip.
 
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syty9933

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Re: engine rebuild

BoostedSUV said:
One more recommendation that I forgot to add... Where ever you decide to take it to get rebuild, have the shop take out the pressed in rocker studs and convert them to screw ins. That's one mistake I learned the hard way! The increased lift will pull the studs out of the head if you don't!

There's a guy in NJ that did my motor and Nick's (NJ93TY) if you need someplace to have it done and don't mind driving a few hours to drop it off....
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what exactly do you mean, by the rocker studs?isnt that head work?
 
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BoostedSUV

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Re: engine rebuild

syty9933 said:
what exactly do you mean, by the rocker studs?isnt that head work?
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The studs that the rocker arms bolt to. From the factory they are just pressed in. Its an easy conversion, just need to pull the studs out, tap threads into the holes, and screw in the new studs.
 
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Re: engine rebuild

cloneman315 said:
that build you are doing with even stock heads with say a 52 turbo should go 11s in a sy.
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Then my truck was a Turd! I only went 12.80 with an ultimate chip, FMIC, 50#ers, 412 cam, .030 over, stock heads, SRP and eagles. :tdown:
 
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cloneman315

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man i think we were getting a bone stock sy with boost turned up on old ultimate 13.00 5 years ago
 
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