JoeliusZ28's LT1 cam swap thread

[JoeliusZ28]

beer is the most important tool in the garage!

I am going to go out and organize everything as best i can right now.

[PewterTA]

Still the best quote of the night was when we were working with the pulley puller and he so non-shalontley(cant spell that) says, "oh yeah, out of all my tools this is the one I trust the least..." and everyone kinda just looks at each other like i aint doin it.

p.s. How much for the Honda Cub? Lmao

[Superman09]

lmao, when me, Jon, andJoel used my pulley puller we broke pieces off my pulley 3 times getting that bastard off!

[JoeliusZ28]

ok so pulling the heads on the car is PITA. but i cant say i didnt expect it to be.

[Superman09]

lol yes, i bet it is. The bolts are torqued the eff down and getting way back under the cowl with needing so much force would be a pain. Even with the motor out of my car we still needed a breaker bar to get those head bolts loose, i bet breaking them loose under the cowl and re torqueing them down is a lot of fun! Let me know if you need a hand Joel! Just give me some notice and i'll free up the afternoon!

[Virtue]

i took a set off under the cowl ahh a PITA


he joel is jon helping you again soon? was wondering if i could bring my car out a we maybe mess with my idle while we work on the hot rod since the 1300 rpms is not cutting it

btw dave does do porting, not sure what he'd charge since we were laughing when we were talking about how well my heads flow one day cause i asked if porting was even worth it lol

[Will]

ok so pulling the heads on the car is PITA. but i cant say i didnt expect it to be.

:X2:

I will never do it with the motor in the car again.

[ITSSLOW]

Made a lot of progress today!


Some thoughts:

1) LOL at the stock lift

2) looks like my valve cover gaskets have been replaced by someone

3) little bit of sludge in the valley, but im happy with how clean it is

4) 374 heads next i decide if i am pulling them or not

5) *(^&*)^ that wire that has to run across the top of the engine

6) I think i am going to delete AIR and EGR cause they suck.

5) What is that? I don't remember that being there on Kolin's 93. Maybe its on 94+ cars or I just disconnected it?

6) Do it! They clog up the engine bay and don't serve much of a purpose other than emissions.

[JoeliusZ28]

5) What is that? I don't remember that being there on Kolin's 93. Maybe its on 94+ cars or I just disconnected it?

you can kind of see it in the pics further down in this post. there are two wires that run front-to-back on the engine, on each side of the intake (if it was there) and then there is a bridge between the two. Theres no way to disconnect it that i see, and the damn thing is constantly in the way.

i took a set off under the cowl ahh a PITA


he joel is jon helping you again soon? was wondering if i could bring my car out a we maybe mess with my idle while we work on the hot rod since the 1300 rpms is not cutting it

btw dave does do porting, not sure what he'd charge since we were laughing when we were talking about how well my heads flow one day cause i asked if porting was even worth it lol

im sure he will be over again more than once before this car is back on the road. I have a TON to do on this thing.

Ill have to talk to dave about porting. I might not even have the passenger side head off by monday like i had planned. The driver side was the easy one and it took me 6 hours.

Although a complete pain in the ass, ill say it went pretty smooth. Definitely not impossible. If i had found my dads 3/8s universal from the start, it would have gone a LOT faster. The biggest problem i had was coolant. I was trying to keep this swap CLEAN because that is very important... but as soon as i pull the head I see a cylinder filled with coolant and gasket material everywhere

I cleaned it up best i could, i hope it doesnt cause problems.

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[s.reef]

Looking good!

[badinfluence]

there is no way you'll be able to remove that "bridge" wire without taking out half the wiring harness

although if you un-clip the plastic wire-loom clip (the plastic things that hold the wiring in place) that is attached to the AC box it will give you enough slack to move it behind the engine

[s.reef]

Hey Joel I forgot to ask do you want those lifters? Just pay shipping and have them...or pick them up

[JoeliusZ28]

Hey Joel I forgot to ask do you want those lifters? Just pay shipping and have them...or pick them up

i was hoping to grab them from you last night, didnt work out that way. I'll see what the week brings. I work in auburn hills so i could probably stop after work and pick them up.

[s.reef]

Ok sounds good just let me know when your in the area

[Virtue]

wire brush the deck it'll look alot nicer, just cover the lifter valley

you gonna clean any more carbon off the pistons too?

let me know when your gonna work on it for sure if you want i can give you my # or something

btw i was at daves house when he was porting some stuff def nice work. he'll help you asemble your heads and stuff too