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have your heads been punched out?

 

nice.. is that the cam in your sig?? I can't wait to see what my cam sounds/performs like!

 

stock heads...

 

Congrats!

It seems that you don't hate your car anymore...

So tell me. Are your heads totally stock? Any machining to accomodate the higher valve lift?

 

I know that when I had my Comp Cam with 210/215 499/499 I had to have screw in studs installed

 

no machine work.... should i put the 1.5's back on????

 

i asked cam question for my 305 and was shot down because stock heads "can only handle 480" but apparently not..

 

it seems to be doing fine other than the intake leak...

 

I think that you can do some kind of measurement to see if there is a problem with the springs binding when the valve is open. I've never done it, but I'd bet that it's pretty simple.

I think that if you do have coil bind, the springs will eventually break. That could cause major engine damage if the loose valve gets pounded by the piston.... I'd hate to see that happen.

From what I've read it seems that stock heads really don't flow any better at .500+ lift than they do at .450 so I don't know that your'e gaining anything by using 1.6 rockers with that cam.

If it were me running that setup, I'd be running 1.5 lifters just to be safe. If you think that changing the cam was a lot of work, wait until you have to replace a ruined piston.... That's a complete tear down.

 

I was informed that with my cam that it would pull the stock pressed studs out over time.

 

i went with aluminum L98 heads for that reason, it comes stock with screw in studs

 

Sounds Awsome! I'm in the process of swapping my cam out also. I have a 305 TPI. I bought a 104224 crane cam. Its got 452/465 lift with 1.5 rockers. But I also bought new springs to match. Its going to be fun.