so i finaly figured out whats wrong with my car my valve seals are bad and causeing a miss and i have some bad injectors. so heres the deal im going to fix a install everything al at once.ibought a edelbrock base, slp runners, a ported plenum, bbk 52mmtb,24lbs ford injectors, and a magnaflow cat back o and msd 6al box and coil. what kind of gains should i expect i know im not getting a race car but i couldnt pass up this package deal i found

 

If your doing all that get headers too. You will have good flow coming in but a bottleneck at the manifolds. As far as gains, for comparison i have 216 at the wheels with a 305. I wouldnt be surprised if you were around 240-250whp. But that throttlebody is way overkill.

 

You are also going to need a tune to get the most out of those mods.

 

Don't get a bigger throttlebody, stock 48mm supports up to 400 horse.
Save your money, get some headers you like, and a good exhaust. You
might wanna wait for the injectors, cam the engine then do injectors with
a tune. With all those other mods, she'd run pretty good!

I see its a package, if its a no-brainer deal then, do it..

 

well i started thge valve seals and the crap manley valve spring compressor cracked almost instantly on the first spring and by the 3 i had so much trouble getting it together. i think im just going to bring it somewhere this job is really a pain

 

You can rent a spring compressor from Autozone. I like the long flat arm style spring compressor more than that stupid hook compressor. And i agree, doing springs are not fun. But with the right tools, it won't be too hard, just time consuming.

I would sell the TB tho.

 

i just went to autozone and the guy didnt understand what a spring compressor was. i searched and they didnt have anything

 

They didn't know what a valve spring compressor was? They sell them too. Usually less than $20 or so. Here's an ebay link to the type I like to use.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PERFO...ht_2053wt_1071

 

Here is a tip I got from a local hotrod shop. When you do the valve seals DO NOT use those dumb umbrella exhaust ones! Just use the intake ones all all of them. Stay away from cheapy seals.

I did this a few years ago, and no more embarrassing smoke on startup.

 

wait i can use the press on seals on both intake and exhaust. i was just going to postup asking this. also any tips when instaling im doing it with the heads on the car btw and bigwhitegtp i bought pretty much the same tool mine is a name brand and seemed strong but there were absolutely no stess signs or anything it just cracked in like 10spots i couldnt belive it bec i barely pressed on it. ill post a pic when i figure this camera out.

 

As far as I know, if the seals are the positive seal type and are made of viton, they should be fine.