Heads and cam swap
 

Slowly been getting my parts to do a head and cam swap. Here are just some pictures of the beginning of the parts to come in. :)

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Nice!

MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Can't wait bro.. It should be a nice setup when done :D

RJ, I got the pics you sent me earlier. What are the specs on everything?

what cam?

Heads are milled .020 with 2.02 intake and 1.6 exhaust. Cam specs are :secret2: :D

Also changing the oil pump and lifters. Should have all parts with in 2 weeks, and hope to have it done/installed before August is out. :D

I know the specs :devil:

Were did you get the 862's??? How much work besides the valves and springs? What displacment???

Please keep it between me and you. :D

I bought the heads of a moderator on this site. I really don't want to say how much, they came the way you see them. :) A poet and polish job was done to then also.

Ohh I am telling 208-212 613-607 on a 110 Sry J I had to :P

DAMN you John!! :sigh:

Ment to add that they are going on a 5.3. Here is a flow sheet of them.
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Sounds like nice little ride. That outta put some power down for some mudding!!! hahaha

looks good! should be a torquey ride!!

Got more parts today. :)
LS7 lifters.
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Melling 10295 oil pump.
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Just need to get my cam and it'll be ready to go in the truck. :D

BIG THANKS to John on these peices!!

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I wish I would of taken before pictures.

Glad I could hook ya up bortha.. :D

Yah! Now finish my other parts! :jest:

Looks good RJ, Hurry and get this shit done.

I'm trying, I'm trying!! Just waiting on cam decision, going to see what Patrick G recommends. :) I may have the heads on this weekend if not it'll be done no later then the end of September.

Trust me this is bothering me more then you think. Just have to work around the funds. :(

Shit, I sold that stuff already, went out today ups :devil:

:) :) :)

Nice! What made you give up on the LQ9 idea?

How much it was going to cost in the long run, I can get a complete running LQ for half of what it was gonna cost. Also I figured that the 5.3 tore threw 3 transmissions so it's a damn good running little motor. If I'm not happy with this I will think about going FI.

Sounds like we will be finishing our builds about the same time, Early Xmas for us :D

I can only hope that I'll be done by then.

All you need is a cam, right?

I swapped my heads in a day, so heads and cam swap shouldn't take any longer than a weekend even if you run into a problem or two...

Yeah just a cam and I just waiting to receive the information from Patrick G as to what cam I should get. :)

My buddy that is going to be helping me said that we should have the heads done in a day and the cam the following day.

Do you know of any where that has a dyno that will fit my truck? ACA no longer has a dyno.

There's a few places I know of with dynos, but I've never actually been to them. So I wouldn't know if full-size trucks would fit on them. There's Verocious Motorsports in Wilmington, Race Proven Motorsports in Claymont, and some other place that a friend of mine always talks about...

The guy helping me do the work, he works at Race Proven Motorsports and ge said that dyny won't fit my truck. I'd just like to get a before and after HP/TQ numbers to see how much I gained.

UPDATE! UPDATE!

The swap was done last weekend. I decided to go with a used cam from a friend of mine for a good deal, it came out of a Camaro. I have photos that I am uploading now, I will post them in a few.

Noticed a incredible difference in power, still tweaking out the tune but its a real blast to drive now! MPG Sucks but I will not be complaining. :D

Also I have the EFI Live AutoCal that I got from Justin at Black Bear Performance and it has been a learning curve with in it self.

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The new heads on.
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All back together except for a few things.
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First start up at about 8PM Saturday night.
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Just another one open header and chit tune.
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Herders welded back up.
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I will be going to the track soon, but I will wait to after OC Cruise weekend. :)

Here is what it sounded like before the cam swap just for comparison.
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It took about a total of 14 hours from start to finish, would of been done sooner if it was not for the bolt going to the oil pump from the pick up tube.

Nice build bro.

Sounds good! Care to share the cam specs?

Sounds real good RJ, I'm interested in those cam specs too ;) :cheers:

Thanks fellas! It's a Thunder Racing 224/224 .58x lift on 114 LSA, works well with my converter. :)

what size is your converter? sorry if i missed it but i have very similar cam specs. nice build, i wanna do some heads and intake myself soon.

Man, I know where your coming from, getting parts one by one, and looking at them all the time, waiting starts sucking real bad. lol.

It's basically the same story of my build. :lol:

Sounds good, now get us some track times!

I'm running the trailblazer I6 converter.