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Well, after working for nearly 12 hours with lots of beer and pizza breaks, I finally got the new valvesprings installed in my Formula. My girl and my buddy Bob helped out a lot. (Yes, I got lots of pics of her wrenching on the car, lol) Found 3 of the old ones had broken inner dampers and signs the dampers were working their way between the coils of the main springs, so I am glad I was able to change them out. It's amazing how much more I can hear the valvetrain with the new springs. I'm pretty sure they have a lot more seat pressure than what I took off. Now it's back to breaking in my transmission and hopefully hitting the track next week to get some new times. Have a tuned PCM from PCMforless sitting on the counter here waiting to go in - going to swap it at the track to see exactly how much I gain with it.
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Awesome! Congrats! Glad to hear it wasnt something major wrong with the motor. Now go and drive the wheels off of it!- 1988 Camaro IROC-Z
2000 5.3L | 4L60E | CAI | No EGR | No Cats | 85MM MAF | Tuned by PCM 4 LESS |
2000 Camaro Dash | 1996 TA Console |
- 1998 Monte Carlo Z34 (DD)
3.8L w/ 180xxx miles and going strong!!!!!Comment
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sweet!!! great job!sigpicComment
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Good job
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2007 2500 Chevy Silverado Crew Cab w/ 6.0L & 3.73'sComment
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sweet!...
I see no pictures senor!Comment
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Here's some pics - my normal photo host won't work, so I had to use this one. Last time it was screwy, so Brian may have to fix this as well. Ally got right in there and installed the rocker pedestals and rockers, as well as the valve covers. I didn't help her at all - I just gave her instructions. This girl has NEVER worked on a car prior to meeting me. She did pretty damn good!
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You're lucky...
...oh, and congrats on fixing it!
Gone but not forgotten: 1986 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
"You shall ride eternal. Shiny and chrome."Comment
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Heard it running tonight with the new PCM. Sounds great man!2005 Yamaha R6
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1994 Chevrolet Camaro - 3.4L - M5 - ITSSLWR - 16.558@85.38
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I also found that my MAF was FILTHY. Cleaned it off but haven't ran it again yet. Last time I had a dirty MAF in my old caprice, it picked up a LOT of power. Still need to adjust my rev limiter - It's just not right.Comment
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