Hows it going guys.... ive been wanting to do this for a long time now.... and finally i can make my own build thread.... it is a work in progress.... i wanna say thanx to josh in OTTPerformance for the support and great prices on parts...... Now for the good stuff.... i have all the parts in my sig.... whats going into the car is...

new parts

Ported and polished head by South Florida Machine shop
Supertech 78Lb valve springs and retainers
ARP Headstuds
Cometic Head Gasket
Snow Performance stg 2 Water Meth kit
Diamond 9.5:1 Pistons w/ Rings
Exedy Hyperclutch
ZZPerformance 2.6 pulley


The build will begin on monday, since i am on vacation... will keep u guys posted... here are some picks.

















This is a before pic of the intake side of the head...


After...

 

Grats, pretty much the same thing im gonna do .

 

i would like to ask omega, if he reads this thread, if the intake side looks good or bad..... IMO they did a good job.... i need to take pics of the exhaust side... i think they coulda gone a lil deeper on the exhaust side...

 

nice gl on the build

 

UPDATE:
I was planning on just pulling the head off, taking off the oil pan and swapping pistons out.... after i did that, i decided that i wanted to get the rotating assembly balanced..... got that done and now i realized that the main and rod bolts are both torque to yield.... since i was not anticipating doing this, i did not order the new bolts.... called 5 diff chevy dealerships, and the part has to be special ordered 3-5 days.... so i guess ill be finishing this weekend.... i have more pics coming of the motor out and it taken apart....

 

congrats on what looks to be a decent build. Be sure to measure those supertech vavle springs before you put them in the head. When I measured mine, they were 100lbs at the install height instead of 78lbs like they should have been. Because of that, it chewed up my retainers and rocker arms. Luckily supertech is going to replace all that for free, but just be careful cause there is a race set of springs designed for solid lifters, not the stock hydraulic lifters.

oh yea, got any flow numbers on that head?

 

unfortunatley i dont..... thx for the advice.... what i found funny is that the machine shop told me that the pistons, flywheel, and harmonic balancer were on the money. The only thing they took a little bit away from where the rods and the crank.... so i coulda slapped the pistons on with no prob pretty much

 

If its a 4-banger, there is no reason to have it balanced.

 

well even tho they are a lot less sensetive then a V block, i was already knee deep in it, so i decided to just get it done as an extra "insurance"....