my formula project...It's alive! Mwuahahahahaha

[DETROITMUSCLE]

thats definitely not right, it looks like that lifter came into contact with the lobe and marred it all up.

[Fbomb]

What did your lifter trays look like when you pulled them out?

[Formula Z]

they look alright, just dirty. actually have them at work cleaning them up

[Fbomb]

Hey just as a heads up REMEMBER to peel your coolant crossover tube gaskets off of the old heads and replace them with new ones or reuse them. I forgot them and now I have to pull my intake tomorrow morning. Shouldn't be all too bad though.

[c0ncEpT]

Hey just as a heads up REMEMBER to peel your coolant crossover tube gaskets off of the old heads and replace them with new ones or reuse them. I forgot them and now I have to pull my intake tomorrow morning. Shouldn't be all too bad though.

Once you have done it a few times you start getting good at it. Detroitmuscle and I got his FAST off in like 20 mins max last time

[Formula Z]

mine have been off before when i installed the ls6 intake a couple years ago

[Formula Z]

decided on a cam.... comp cams 228/230 .585/.587 112lsa. will send payment tonight. 3600 stall should be a perfect match im told. damn just a few more parts and i can get my car tuned and on the road. larry, we will have to do another pic/video shoot to finish off these nittos, or whats left of them, lol

[OIF1VET]

larry, we will have to do another pic/video shoot to finish off these nittos, or whats left of them, lol

anytime dude!

[c0ncEpT]

Who is going to be the tuner?

[Formula Z]

im thinking of taking it out to tj at bakers. thats where a few guys have been going around here, why?

[OIF1VET]

im thinking of taking it out to tj at bakers. thats where a few guys have been going around here, why?

That's where I be going!

[Formula Z]

i still need some gaskets, head bolts, lifters, pushrods, and spark plugs. not to mention, belts and fluids.

today my c5 coil brackets arrived and i installed and played with those for a while trying to hide the wiring and such.

my comp cam was shipped today so im pretty anxious to get that and install it

anyone have any idea what size pushrods i need? how do i figure that out?

anyways the build is coming together slowly....my goal is to have it at the meet and greet, but that might be pushing it, lol

[Fbomb]

You'll need an adjustable pushrod checker. If you already have the heads on with the new lifters in then insert the pushrod and bar the motor over until the pushrod is resting on the base circle, install rocker arm and torque to 22ft. lbs. (springs installed too) and adjust adjustable pushrod out until there is no play in the rocker arm. Then you take the rocker arm off, take the adjustable pushrod out, and measure it. Probably be 7.425 but might be 7.4" if you used LS7 lifters.

At least I think that's how you do it.

[Formula Z]

anyone have an adjustable pushrod checker i can borrow? i will be using new ls7 lifters and the cam is 228/230 on a 587 lift. so will the 7.4s do the job correctly?

[Fbomb]

Maybe maybe not. I have read that the LS7 lifter cups are just a hair taller though. Mine's at home but I'll be going home in a few weeks, probably easter weekend.