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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 01:45 PM
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wait... reviewing the pics... well edit to see what drew is talking about...
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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 01:50 PM
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Originally posted by bigals87z28
i dunno if anyone else picked this up, and maybe its my eyes playing tricks on me, im tired..... but, that dist cover looks like its aluminum, and not plastic.... could he have a vette motor all together?
I WAS SO FUGGIN RIGHT!!!! OH YEAH!! sorry... still looking for the pics... so far it looks legit. I dont see any SLP headers, nor do i see vette covers. Im pretty 99% sure that all roller blocks got center bold heads. and im sure all alum vette heads were made from 87 and up. so there for, all alum. vette heads are center bolt. the rest are iron. There are iron heads on my neighbors 86 vette. and thoes are permeter bolt covers.
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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 04:57 PM
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I coulda told you all the aluminum vette heads are centerbolt... oh wait, I did. They started mid-86, not 87. They also dont have the newer intake bolt pattern with the 4 center bolts straight down, but rather the early style like most SBC's have.

I think I agree with Drew... those look alot like SLP headers. Note the AIR tube connection, facing up into the check valve, just like SLP's.
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Old Jul 28, 2003 | 05:07 PM
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so what you are saying you cant bolt these on to the camaro l98
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Old Jul 29, 2003 | 07:56 AM
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no, they can. the L98 in camaros are roller blocks, as is the vette head. They went to roller blocks in late late 86. The center bolt valve covers were put on the roller blocks, not the tappet cam blocks.
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Old Jul 29, 2003 | 10:02 AM
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Old Jul 29, 2003 | 08:29 PM
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The head has nothing to do with roller block or not, the two should not be confused. All SBC's have the same head-block bolt pattern, so roller block or not, any SBC head will bolt up fine. If you have a Camaro L98, YES you will have problems just trying to bolt up the heads to your car. The intake will not work as-is, the center 4 bolts will not line up. The holes can be elongated to work though, which is what just about everyone does. Cheap, easy fix. You can also run into issues with stock perimeter bolt exhaust manifolds and centerbolt valve covers, but its fixable with a little grinding or bending.
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Old Oct 11, 2003 | 03:50 PM
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Originally posted by madmax
The head has nothing to do with roller block or not, the two should not be confused. All SBC's have the same head-block bolt pattern, so roller block or not, any SBC head will bolt up fine. If you have a Camaro L98, YES you will have problems just trying to bolt up the heads to your car. The intake will not work as-is, the center 4 bolts will not line up. The holes can be elongated to work though, which is what just about everyone does. Cheap, easy fix. You can also run into issues with stock perimeter bolt exhaust manifolds and centerbolt valve covers, but its fixable with a little grinding or bending.
what do you mean elongate is that a specific word that i can use at a machine shop and they will know what i'm saying or is that a disscription of what it is
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Old Oct 11, 2003 | 04:49 PM
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Talk about bringing a post back from the dead
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