vortec heads owned now.... game plan on

[RootBreaker]

aight.. got vortec heads on my garage floor now.... were on a guys truck and he blew the bottom end.....
guy had them machined, cleaned and checked..... and they only had 100 miles on them when he took them off!!!!!

so here is the game plan...
Gaskets
--Head $030
--Intake $015
--oil Pan $026
--timing chain $020
--rear main $020
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Total $111
autozone complete kit $088



engine parts
--Cam comp cams xtreme $250
--timing chain $025
--rings $000 have em
--bearings $000 have em
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Total $275


Vortec Heads $200 Bought
Vortec Intake $110 Bought
Gaskets $088
Cam & timing chain $275
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Total $673
Cash $200
Money Orders $090
Paypal $211
Paypal - used for house $070
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Total $102 needed still
Trailer $200 when the guy buys it
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Total $080 in my pocket for misc stuff

 

[ryan22re]

but will those heads handle the cam lift?

sounds like a sweet engine.

ryan

 

[RootBreaker]

but will those heads handle the cam lift?

sounds like a sweet engine.

ryan

summit and comp cams said yes.. .good to .480

 

[ryan22re]

roller or flat tappet cam?

the extreme 4x4 grind?


ryan

 

[RootBreaker]

roller or flat tappet cam?

the extreme 4x4 grind?


ryan

hydraulic roller...
here she is...
http://www.compcams.com/Technical/Search/CamDetails.asp?


PartNumber=08-411-8
Part Number 08-411-8
Engine -9999 Chevrolet
305ci-350ci
8cyl.
Grind Number CS X4 260HR-11
Description

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Intake Exhaust
Valve Adjustment 0 0
Gross Valve Lift 0.474 0.474
Duration At 0.006 Tappet Lift 260 264

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Valve Timing At 0.006
Open Close
Intake 23 57
Exhaust 67 17

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These Specs Are For The Cam Installed At 107 Intake CL
Intake Exhaust
Duration At 0.05 210 214
Lobe Lift 0.316 0.316
Lobe Separation 111

 

[Diesel Dan]

summit and comp cams said yes.. .good to .480

I'd double check myself.
Built a crate L31 for a friend and the valve seals hit the retainers around .460" of lift on some valves. Also, maybe wrong, but the heads need to be drilled for internal coolant bypass. When I set a old style head gasket on the new vortec heads there is a coolant bypass from the waterpump passage that is not drilled on the vortec heads. I drilled them out so I didn't have to run an external bypass from the waterpump to the intake.

We ran the GM "hot cam" kit in that motor. I has a .525/.525 roller cam with about 218/220 @.050 duration. Had to open up the spring pockets and machine down the stems for clearance, that was only $50 at the machine shop.

 

[RootBreaker]

thanks for the bits of information... well seems im scrapping this entire idea....
getting a 1987 1 ton 4x4 complete with bbc 454... gonna drop the 454 and all wiring into my truck.. dont want tbi.. but hell might as well.. dont have to touch the carb or anything..... mild 454 will do me fine....

anyone need vortec heads? gonna list them in the f/s section.... $200 takes them.. i got them from a guy that said they have less than 100 miles....