Don't forget that you aren't swapping springs on all the cams you're putting in now.

Swapping springs kinda sucks. Its about as nerve racking as pulling the cam out while the lifters hang there.

 

How would you know, I did your springs

 

I dont need to swap springs and I would also buy those thunder racing tools to keep the lifters up. The most challenging thing looks like removing the oil pump and replacing the timing chain.

Putting the crank bolt back in looks like a bitch...am I reading right it needs to be torqued to 240lb/ft???

I bought a subscription to ALLDATA so that should be of good help as well.

 

my first one, i used nothing to hold the lifters up, the second one i used wooden dowel rods... I have had my crank pulley off about 4-5 times, each time i just used my impact to put it back on and i have never had a problem... But i would recommend replacing the stock bolt to prevent breaking it putting it back on...

 

I dont have any air tools....just whatever I can do with my hand tools, torque wrench, and cheater pipe.

ALLDATA says never re-use the stock bolt except for you reuse it to get the crank pulley mounted all the way....torque it to 240lb/ft, then remove it. Put new crank bolt on, torque it to 37 lb/ft and then a final pass of 140 degrees. Honestly, the cam swap does't sound so intimidating anymore. ALLDATA is SWEET. It costs $22 for a 1 year subscription and it's got all the GM service manual stuff. Sorry for jackin yo thread!

 

No biggie, my threads are pretty much open to whatever..

 

did you use RTV on the gaskets?

 

which gaskets? All the gaskets are resuable.

 

When are you thinking of getting dynoed? You going to DynoSaur again? I REALLY wanna get mine dynoed, I just need a trans.

 

Actually i was going to call them in the morning to see if they are open