Joe Harrison
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- Jun 12, 2013
What rocker arms is a good up grade on stock heads I can only find 1 company that makes them td I think it is
What rocker arms is a good up grade on stock heads I can only find 1 company that makes them td I think it is
Not sure on everything . bought it two months ago it burns 1qt of oil every 1000 miles so I took the heads off to check everything. Ta49 turbo,front mount intercooler, red tip inj , Houston down pipe, headers ( not sure of brand ) , daul exhaust . What I'm adding. Rjc boost controller and intake plate , test tube, 100lb valve spring . Any info would be great . Don't have a scanmaster plain on buying one when down with motor. I'm a tech at a gm dealer so I know cars but this cars arent the same as most cars. Did find that the wrong intake gasket was on it had no belly pan so pcv was sucking oil out of lifter gallery
I was told 133k on body an 20k on engine and trans after taking heads off I believe 20k on motorHow many miles are on the motor and car ?
I went with Harland Sharpe 1.65 roller rockers when I found a really good deal on a set a few years ago...but my factory heads are not even close to "stock" as they've been heavily ported, have bigger valves installed and the H/S rockers required me to not only grind the pedestals but I also had to get the exhaust valve guides cut down and install new seals. They compliment my comp cams 212/206 roller cam nicely. You will also have to get either taller valve covers OR get valve cover spacers. I did the latter. I wouldn't waste the time on a stock engine as its not worth the minimal gain you'd get considering the other cheaper mods you could do which would be MUCH more productive.
But they sure are PRETTY if only they could be seen!!!!!
I would like to be low 12s and be able to drive it to work everyday over the summer what would you spend the money on
I'm a tech at a gm dealer so I know cars but this cars arent the same as most cars.
Not sure on everything . bought it two months ago it burns 1qt of oil every 1000 miles so I took the heads off to check everything.
I was told 133k on body an 20k on engine and trans after taking heads off I believe 20k on motor
If I remember correctly GM would do nothing unless it was using a quart in less than 750miles. If he had a PCV with oil slinging into it 1000 miles a quart isn't too bad.Plenty of people go plenty fast with even stock 8445 heads and factory arms.
Springs ok - I get that.
A 20K engine shouldn't be slurping oil at such a rate - unless......
If I remember correctly GM would do nothing unless it was using a quart in less than 750miles. If he had a PCV with oil slinging into it 1000 miles a quart isn't too bad.Plenty of people go plenty fast with even stock 8445 heads and factory arms.
Springs ok - I get that.
A 20K engine shouldn't be slurping oil at such a rate - unless......