Hey guys what's up? Well as some of you know I have had my new engine combo up and going steady for about a month and half now and after driving it, I am just not happy with the results, I know there are other things I still need to upgrade such as the MAF, which I am ordering tomm. and T-body but I want more power, to be exact 330 or so rwhp. Right now the car runs strong and can hold its own but it just seems like it is not up to its full potential. To top things off it started making a knock/tick on the LH head/lifter valley, I figured it was possibly a lifter, actually I was pretty damn sure thats what is was, well I replaced all the lifters put it back together fire her up and waa laa no more noise and no more lifter noise at all!! Well fast forward an hour I get home, park it and take a shower get dressed and feeling pretty upbeat I go start the car and :cuss: :cuss: the noise is back!!!! I couldn't believe it, now I am going to pull the engine and yank the pan and check all the rods/pistons to make sure everything is okay. So now I am to the point that I am just pissed, and honestly hate driving my car, after really thinking about it all, wierd problems with valvetrain ticking, and absurdly low dyno numbers, still blows blue smoke out the tailpipes on the decel from a hard run (could possibly be the forged pistons and moly rings haven't set just yet) I am doubting some of things I tried with this combo. Sorry to post this but damn I am just not as happy with this engine as I had hoped to be, and just had to let it out. So now I have 2 sets of rebuilt GT-40 P heads for sell $700 for both sets, mine has right at 1100 mi. on them and the other set has maybe 200 miles. And I am still debating on wether or not to swap intakes currently I have a TFS Street Heat ( I will more than likely keep)
Anyway I am still debating on the heads unless I sell them very soon. Either keep the P's and port and polish, 3 angle valve job, larger valves, convert to stud mount, etc.(I have a friend at the local head shop) or pick up a set of AFR 185s and be done with it but I would really be strecthing my finances to get 'em.
I am going to use my Comp Cam 35-518-8, 224/232, 555/565, 112 LSA that I have laying in the box at work, b/c I didn't want to spend the money (about $350) to make it work with my P heads and now I regret that I didn't do it in the first place. Help me out guys I really want to make the heads work with what I have just b/c everyone around here told me I couldn't make it fast with those heads, and I almost believe them right now.:shrug:
Anyway I am still debating on the heads unless I sell them very soon. Either keep the P's and port and polish, 3 angle valve job, larger valves, convert to stud mount, etc.(I have a friend at the local head shop) or pick up a set of AFR 185s and be done with it but I would really be strecthing my finances to get 'em.
I am going to use my Comp Cam 35-518-8, 224/232, 555/565, 112 LSA that I have laying in the box at work, b/c I didn't want to spend the money (about $350) to make it work with my P heads and now I regret that I didn't do it in the first place. Help me out guys I really want to make the heads work with what I have just b/c everyone around here told me I couldn't make it fast with those heads, and I almost believe them right now.:shrug:
