I heard that if you pull the heads off on our trucks when you put them back on your suposed to use new head bolts. Also how does every one torque their heads down? GM Says to use a torque angle meter???

 

you NEED new head bolts. they are stretch head bolts. they stretch when you torque them down. and yes, you need a torque angle meter.

 

ok going to try and not pull the heads off. Going to install new cam,springs,lifters,ect. soon.

 

If you are going to change the lifters you have to pull the heads.

 

or a hole-saw

 

not real sure yet just thinking about it

 

You don't NEED an angle-gauge but it makes life a little simpler if you have one, check out jmx's write-up at www.ls1howto.com ...he has probably the best heads/cam swap info page there is....and if you have any questions you can PM him because he's a member here too

 

Might be a good time to get some reusable bolts like the ARP's while you've got the heads off.