If your not on cut springs or coilovers than I am lower

 

We will have to meet up some time to see
I do have Tue/Wed off ( I work nights )
But i know you live hella east and i am on 75th ave.

 

Haha ya just try to get a saturday night off and hit up pav's on Indian bend and 101.Im usually there.

 

jajajaja your too funy, thats like 99 billion miles away, and I never have saturdays off only fridays sometimes.

yes i know my work days/hours suck but the pay is alright and its a really chill job.

 

ya well figure something out then

 

Random puffs of smoke keep happening..

Next up new valve seals, lash adjusters, and rocker arms.... I have a weird noise upon start up that is coming from the head and I am thinking I have a dead lash or something. While I am in there for the seals I thought I might as well replace the lash adjusters and rockers. Hope all this fixes the damn smoke and enigine noise.

 

I have weird noises on child starts as well

 

The thing is I want to replace all that stuff but I just got the prices

265$ for the rockers
200$ for the lash adjusters
50$ for the valve seals

I need to check the exhaust runners for oil, if its present I will replace the seals for sure... I want to get sure because I will more than likely need to pull the head... Which adds another 100$ for the head gasket.

Wife wont let me buy all of that right now. I need to pay some attention to her car before mine again...

Oh and Nick I tried getting the wife to let me trade you and she asked is this stuff really needed for the car or is it just an upgrade that is not needed to make and you just want it.. I said no its just a deal of a life time and I want it... She said no.. Damn being married! haha I really want the parts too!

 

Why are we starting children nick? lmao

You're going to be very proficient in the valve train Chris

Do you has a compressor?

 

I have taken my head apart a few times. Obviously when I built the car, then when I took the aftermarket cams out, then again to change the stock cams again. Also a bunch of times for a re time...

Yes I have a compressor. Only thing I need to find is my damn adjustable wrench so we can turn the cams.

Also, if we end up taking the head off, what are you going to do about the head gasket? Should it be changed?

 

He has a cometic head gasket and he's talking about the Ecotec valve spring compressor.Not sure if you knew that or not.

 

that^

 

lol oh! the ecotec one no.. That thing is expensive. haha I have one used for mitsu's and made it work for our cars. That is why the head may need to come off, its not exactly perfect so the spring shifts a bit which could push the valve down... Does anyone have that compressor around here? Can we maybe rent it?

 

Unfortunately no .I don't know of any place that carrys a VS compressor slim enough to work on our heads

 

That is probably why I retro'd this one to work..

Since he has a cometic he doesnt need to replace it?

 

Well hopefully it works so we don't have to pull the head.That's a huge pita maybe as your compressing,somone can hold the valve shaft on the bottom with some small needle nose?That way you still have room to compress and get the locks out?

 

Possibly but from what I remember to get the keepers on the spring had to compressed a good amount.. I mean it doesnt do it every time its just way easier with the head off. Believe me I dont want to take the head off at all! haha We'll figure it out.

Steve, are you coming along?

 

Yezzer If that's okay with you that is

 

Ya, thats cool. We have to start early just in case there are issues.. I dont have to work Saturday, I work sunday... So we have all day.

Bring trifecta to go back to stock, I can pull your tune while we are there.

 

I'll see if Tyler will bring his laptop/cable and he has plenty of my tunes for the stock file I don't distribute Trifuckta tunes anymore lol

 

Alright cool.

I have to go by Autozone today to buy a new WB sensor. Mine took a crap on my LC-1... I will look at their compressor tools and see if one "could" work. Its a long shot but have to check.

I would think somewhere like napa would have one..

 

Try Napa.I work for Autozone.The only one I saw yesterday is one you would use on a small block/big block chevy that clamps on the outside and you twist the top.I don't think our heads have enough room for that one to fit.Napa may carry a slim one?

 

Chris I might roll along if that is ok with you? i could bring my spare ECM so we could get that tune too? yes or no? im not sure what has to be registered with what do to this. if we pull it, can you start writing the new tune without my car being registered on your cable?

 

call a place called chucks speed and rv. i know they have built a lot of ecotec heads out here, maybe they have one.

 

Will do.

You can roll along.

I can pull your tune but it will be no good because I need to still unlock your ECU with my HPT which is 100$.. So if you have your HPT by then I can pull it with yours, write the tune, and load it. Doing it with mine is a waste of money since you have 8 credits with the HPT.

Will do.