My wife won't approve the extra $500 right now. She isn't real happy with what this is going to cost. Like I said. On a budget and can't blow it too bad.
I have the timing chain and gears in the list of items I have to be replaced. no reason not to change them since they have to come off to replace the cam. The cam will be a stock HO cam.
Maybe when I can get her to forget about how much I spent on this, I may be able to put a cam in it.
The other added expense I have is rebuilding the Auto Transmission. At minimum it is getting a torque converter and shift kit. Most likely rebuilt.
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I have the timing chain and gears in the list of items I have to be replaced. no reason not to change them since they have to come off to replace the cam. The cam will be a stock HO cam.
Maybe when I can get her to forget about how much I spent on this, I may be able to put a cam in it.
The other added expense I have is rebuilding the Auto Transmission. At minimum it is getting a torque converter and shift kit. Most likely rebuilt.
Thanks
i would definitely go with 97+
And I would go ahead and pop in a cam while you are in there and replace the timing chain AND balancer. If you use yoru stock cam, use crane cobra 1.7 RRs and a retard your stock cam by 2 degrees.
The explorer lower is Crap, but the upper is GREAT. either buy a gt40 lower or have your lower ported by tmoss. Do it right now and spend the extra 500 dollars while you are in there and it could make a 30-50 HP difference.
My car ran amazingly well.
Just think, the only difference in my setup and the one you are planning is the intake manifold and the cam and a tiny bit of home porting. The explorer intake will actually work best with these heads with the properly flowing lower...better than my typhoon.