So my car is losing coolant and it’s not leaking it and it’s 100% burning it because im leaving puddles in my driveway from the exhaust every time I start the car. It’s been doing it for a while now and im not sure if it’s a head gasket or if it’s an intake gasket but either way it’s time to address it and I figured I’d go ahead and throw some heads and a cam in while im at it.
Im able to get some GT40P heads for a decent price. I also already have an explorer upper and lower with explorer 4 hole 19ib injectors. The car will never see a track and I don’t really care about squeezing the extra power that AFRs and TFS heads can. I also can’t afford those types of heads so I’m sticking strictly old school budget since the car is a cruiser/driver. I haven’t really decided on a cam yet but it’ll probably be something really mild
I know the GT40P heads are finicky with spark plug boot to header clearance so my question to you all is, would I be able to run the 9mm Ford performance spark plugs and just put 90 degree boots on the ends of the troublesome ones? If so, does anyone know of any good 90 degree boots for the 9mm plug wires? If not, does anyone have any advice on what plug wires and boots to run? I’m running BBK shorty unequal length headers.
Next thing is, obviously I’m going to have to upgrade the valve springs, so which valve springs would be good for a mild cam like an e303 or Anderson n41? Im not looking to go crazy or anything. I’ll also be running the scorpion 1.6 5/16 roller rockers.
Lastly, I’ve got some lifter tick on the passenger side so I’m going to replace the lifters and I saw the ford performance racing lifters that are 1/16 inch taller than OEM lifters and I’m wondering if I’ll need to run shorter push rods or if I’ll need to run different push rods regardless because of the head change and roller rockers. I would get the OEM ones but I’m not sure when they’ll be back in stock and with the way ford is with their stock I don’t really feel like waiting for 6 months to maybe catch them back in stock. Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated
Im able to get some GT40P heads for a decent price. I also already have an explorer upper and lower with explorer 4 hole 19ib injectors. The car will never see a track and I don’t really care about squeezing the extra power that AFRs and TFS heads can. I also can’t afford those types of heads so I’m sticking strictly old school budget since the car is a cruiser/driver. I haven’t really decided on a cam yet but it’ll probably be something really mild
I know the GT40P heads are finicky with spark plug boot to header clearance so my question to you all is, would I be able to run the 9mm Ford performance spark plugs and just put 90 degree boots on the ends of the troublesome ones? If so, does anyone know of any good 90 degree boots for the 9mm plug wires? If not, does anyone have any advice on what plug wires and boots to run? I’m running BBK shorty unequal length headers.
Next thing is, obviously I’m going to have to upgrade the valve springs, so which valve springs would be good for a mild cam like an e303 or Anderson n41? Im not looking to go crazy or anything. I’ll also be running the scorpion 1.6 5/16 roller rockers.
Lastly, I’ve got some lifter tick on the passenger side so I’m going to replace the lifters and I saw the ford performance racing lifters that are 1/16 inch taller than OEM lifters and I’m wondering if I’ll need to run shorter push rods or if I’ll need to run different push rods regardless because of the head change and roller rockers. I would get the OEM ones but I’m not sure when they’ll be back in stock and with the way ford is with their stock I don’t really feel like waiting for 6 months to maybe catch them back in stock. Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated