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Today begins the open-heart surgery of my car. I dropped her off at a trusted local garage today. The operation will consist of:

* Pulling the head
* Replacing my cam seal
* Installing a Nippon leakless headgasket
* Installing forged 9:1 compression pistons
* New rings
* B&M polished racing tranny cooler
* Full Synthetic Mobil ATF

Thinking of getting a blockguard as well.

Comments?

 
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sounds good to me. but, why pistons and not rods too? if it was me i would do both at the same time

 
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i didnt blow my rods

If u wanna give me another $1200 for rods, paypal me

 
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LOL. Hope all goes well.

 
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$1200? They cost like $500. Seriously, if you getting forged pistons, get the rods to go with it. Might as well.

 
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^ my paypal addy is Hujo86@aol.com

Sure, rods are around $500....then factor in the install cost.

 
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damn man sounds like your addicted to boost. How is the auto tranny holding up?

 
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congrats

 
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thanks guys. I went there today....the old pistons were jet black....so much burnt oil caked onto them.

The guy said I needed to order a head-set? Like all the gaskets and ****. What is he talking about? I know i need a new headgasket, but what else do i need to buy? Someone please shed some light

 
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Get a valve cover gasket, exhaust manifold gasket, intake manifold gasket, and head gasket. You may need new rubber grommets/rings to seal around each spark plug area.

 
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plus bolts probably unless he's sure they're ok. those suckers are like $50...

 
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damn, looks like that s*it adds up.

 
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head studs as well...in my opinion, my apr ones should be here tomorrow or thurs. yippy

 
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Anyone know where I can order some head studs? I ordered the gasket kit...came to $130. Ordered the pistons and rings....$530 + shipping.

I saw my pistons and rods today...every single piston was shot. The rings were like welded to the piston...the mech couldnt even pry them off. 75mm clearance. Its cool tho, the new pistons and rings are good to 22psi....so i shouldnt EVER have to worry about them going on me.

 
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^nvm, ordered some ARP headstuds.

 
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nice. are you gettin the rods now too?

 
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nah, the rods are fine. Theres really no need to upgrade those. My tranny would explode before the rods would. (if we're talking about upping the boost)

 
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Where did you order the studs from? How much? Does anyone know if you can reuse ARP studs? Or are they still the stretch type? It seems like I heard you could reuse them.

Props Gotti

 
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^ thanks man. I got them on ebay actually. Theres a seller there that 3 sets left for $91 shipped. I'm not really sure about re-using them. I hope to God that I never have to pull my head again...

 
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so how much boost are you gonna run now?

 
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prolly around 8-9