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Old 02-25-2013, 03:57 PM
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okay sounds like a plan... save me some money to put into something else. thanks AKlowriderZ71
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300-350 to the wheels is a cake walk with an LQ4
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yeah i think with the setup im going with it should be fairly easy to hit my mark
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Clevite bearings are in... time to wait on all the bolts i ordered today!
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okay so i need some opinions on reusing the lifters... is it okay to do? the lifters i pulled out appear to be in good condition.. and also the lifter trays
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i also plan to start tinkering with the wiring harness... when i pulled it off it looked like some wires were cut... going to try to figure that one out. i have a printout from lt1swap but im curious if anyone has any helpful pointers or how they did there harness
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Originally Posted by LsXblaze
okay so i need some opinions on reusing the lifters... is it okay to do? the lifters i pulled out appear to be in good condition.. and also the lifter trays
Lifters aren't that bad in price so if it were me I would run new ones. Are you doing a cam swap or stocker? Aftermarket cam requires new lifters IMO.
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I know lifters are relatively cheap im just curious what i can get away with...
im going with comp cams xr275hr... its a mild cam. going for good streetability
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Bad news.... had my crank check out and the threads are too messed up from the incident with the harmonic balancer...
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Get another crank...see if any yard local has a core motor


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