22lbsofboost
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WELL, i needed to fix the blower on this car along with the trans. had a good trans and a spare blower i figured i could do this....pretty cheap. WELL NOW SON that aint the way it ever works is it? so i see oil leaking from the valve covers. well damn that opens up a whole new can of worms. i saw that the heater hoses were a jumbled up work of someone im sure was mildly retarded. im scrapping those for some good year rubber hose, still utilizing the oil cooler. well, i took the brackets and all that crap off the front of the motor, already had the blower, tubes, ic out of the car. i said "damn maybe i oughtta do headgaskets, id be an idiot not to. so tomorrow i will pull the heads off and send them to my head guy for a clean/check and put 4 or 5 angles on my valves. well, now im thinking maybe ill have him just peull them down and let me have them for a week or so so i can hog them out to match the lower i already did some work to.
CASE IN POINT
what is the deal on these mls 4.2 late model gaskets i hear about on here
can i mill a tiny bit off these heads safely?
should i upgrade my stock springs even though im keeping my stock cam
has anyone tried advancing/retarding the stock cam for low end/high end gains?
man this is a HUGE project im taking on. im really wanting to do it right though, so i need some folks
with experience to chime in and tell me what else i might do while i have it torn down this far
i will install a rear main when i get it on the lift to do the tranny
i must also say DAYUM this motor is so clean inside. im really impressed with the way my boy ben kept his oil changed
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