So easy a caveman (or DR.) could do it.

 

Ouch!

 

thats what she said!

 

I have 3" hole, cut in my air box that is in direct line with the recess fit the head light, I'm running a K&N and I pulled my headlight last night and saw NO difference. It picked up a 0.01, But I imagine the way I have it set up it was probably getting a good amount of ramair even with the headlight in...

 

most of my friends see about 1/10th...

 

Yep, I did a search and found anywhere from .05 sec to .15 sec gain. .15 sec seems like a hell of a gain. I'm not expecting any gain from it, but next time I'm at the track I'll pull the headlight and the airfilter and see if I gain anything.

 

Michael, what's the story? So she sits, right? Unless u got your hands on a puller of some kind, Chrysler or GM.

 

Damn, just got back in. The cam swap itself is so easy a fukin monkey could do it. It's all the other stuff that can be a pain. But all of this is entirely due to the fact this is my first time. So I went and got the OTC puller, got back and then couldn't get the pulley all the way off because the stock crank bolt is too short. So I had to go to NAPA to buy a longer crank bolt. Ok, worked great. Got to taking the front timing cover off and realized that you cannot get the left 2nd to bottom bolt off without moving the A/C compressor and bracket. The only way around this is to have a tiny 10mm gearwrench which I do not have. Having the right tools makes things much easier. Got the cam in, those wooden dowels work amazingly well BTW. Got to putting all the rockers back in and I got them all in and torque down when I realized I forgot the rocker stands I seriously spent more than an hour doing all that because I was putting thread sealant (my heads have holes going from the rocker bolt hole into the intake port) and blue loctite on each rocker bolt. So I had to pull both sides of rockers off and re-do the whole damn thing basically in the dark. Anyways, got it all torqued down and then gave the crankshaft a couple turns, everything seemed to be moving smoothly, no resistance in the crank, no odd noises. So everything seems to be OK. Will let that loctite cure overnight, and put the crank pulley back on tomorrow morning, get the radiator back in, water pump on and all miscellaneous hoses, clamps, etc. I should have it fired up by noon or so.

 

I told you the bolt wasn't long enough in post #48.. thats why you have to use an extension or a couple extensions put together. also you can get to the bolt on the cover real easy with a regular 10mm wrench then turn it by hand. sucks it's taking so long...

 

According to the LS1howto, eventhough the stock bolt is too short, the pulley will only be on by a **** hair, and it could just be hit off with a mallet. Well, mine wouldn't budge. Live and learn.

Yeah, that bolt can come out with a small wrench, of course I lost my little 10mm wrench. I swear, the thing that takes more time than the actual work is just sifting through all your tools finding the one you need! I have a big Lowe's 5 gallon paint bucket just full of tools. I really need to order gearwrenchs in 10mm, 13mm, and 15mm. Those seem to be the 3 most common sizes used.