And so it begins! I had planned to pull it during the summer so I could drive the truck I bought my son before he gets his license in the fall. But, lot of delays later I'm just now starting. Its got about 190K on it but still ran strong until I started to get a miss. I almost sure it’s a tiny head gasket leak into the #2 cylinder. I will be doing a full rebuild top to bottom. I’m not going mod crazy on it. But it would be nice to hit around 450 HP.
Here is a working list that I will continually update here of all the parts and pieces I need or hope I can get:
List of items that are required
- Block cleaned, and checked.
- Heads cleaned and checked
- Most likely it will need to be bored. So new/Upgrade pistons.
- new Upgrade rods. With new wrist pin bearings of course
- new rod bearings
- new main bearing
- New timing chain kit
- water pump
- Stainless oil pump gears
- new torque converter nuts
- Full engine rebuild gasket kit. (Gaskets and seals for everything basically)
- Oil filter
- Oil
- Antifreeze
- Transmission fluid (to service while its down)
- Cold air filter kit
- proper dyno tune at HPP Racing in Lewisville. (I already have an SCT Tuner)
List of items that are optional (depending of budget)
- Upgrade MAS (Size?)
- Single blade or large dual port TB
- Upgrade intake plenum or port
- upgrade to +8 lower pulley from +6
- Bassani mids & cat-back
- ARP fasteners top and bottom
What else would you guys suggest?