03wr250f
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I am gearing up to pull the engine this winter and stud the heads. Most of this gearing up is preparing myself to pull the engine. lol. But i am still in a huge debate phase. I also have a spare 7.3 engine, but everything about it is unknown. I think over thanksgiving I will bring it back, as it sits 5 hours away from me now. I also have a spare set of heads with exhaust valves in them. I am going to get them this weekend and plan on checking them out. If they look good I may look into having them machined before hand, but then again no intake valves...
I plan on pulling the heads. Machine work, I have no idea, I think I have found a good shop to do idi heads, but not sure. Any suggestions here as to what to do would be encouraged.
I have studs for studding the heads. I plan on buying comp 910-16 springs and comp 4754 shims.
felpro head gasket set and intake manifold gasket. Ford oem oil cooler o-rings and gaskets and I figure a motorcraft water pump while I am down this far. Old one is working fine, but while it is that easy I figure I should? Also I was thinking about putting a r&d or typ4 cam in, but have heard a couple horror stories about how much more careful you have to be in order to not have pistons kissing valves. I dont want that. I also understand there isnt a huge possibility of that but it is there. I also dont want to have to do more machining in order to run a cam, but the power benefits of a cam are nice.
I am honestly just putting feelers out there to make sure I am doing this right, am not overlooking something, and have all the necessary parts. I am trying to do this cheap, but quality is necessary if I am going this deep I want it to hold up to whatever I could throw at it. Heck the whole reason for me tearing down the engine in the first place is preventative maintenance. Thanks!
I plan on pulling the heads. Machine work, I have no idea, I think I have found a good shop to do idi heads, but not sure. Any suggestions here as to what to do would be encouraged.
I have studs for studding the heads. I plan on buying comp 910-16 springs and comp 4754 shims.
felpro head gasket set and intake manifold gasket. Ford oem oil cooler o-rings and gaskets and I figure a motorcraft water pump while I am down this far. Old one is working fine, but while it is that easy I figure I should? Also I was thinking about putting a r&d or typ4 cam in, but have heard a couple horror stories about how much more careful you have to be in order to not have pistons kissing valves. I dont want that. I also understand there isnt a huge possibility of that but it is there. I also dont want to have to do more machining in order to run a cam, but the power benefits of a cam are nice.
I am honestly just putting feelers out there to make sure I am doing this right, am not overlooking something, and have all the necessary parts. I am trying to do this cheap, but quality is necessary if I am going this deep I want it to hold up to whatever I could throw at it. Heck the whole reason for me tearing down the engine in the first place is preventative maintenance. Thanks!