Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications 3.0L Duratec Parts needed for rebuilding a 3.0L Cylinder Head

Tom,

after getting home last night and checking out the Ford CD, i saw that on the CD they call them roller finger followers, whereas at the online store they call them rocker arms....same darn thing..... thats cool though..


Yeah, the valve seals are pretty cheap. When I get the heads shipped to me, I am going to take the cams down to Crower (about 1 1/2 hour drive) and see what they can do as a re-grind. I guess they hook it up to a machine and it tells them how it is cut now, and then what kind of room they have to work with. I wonder what everyone thinks about the stock cams being used in an engine that has some pretty agressive head work done. I dont know if the stock cam grind is good enough to allow the ported and polished heads to flow to their potential. But maybe like you said, upgrading the exhaust valves to 32mm will help anyways.

What is the consensus about using the Tri-Metal bearings on a 3.0L buildup? Is it really necessary? I can save $600 by not using them. I dont plan on running boost on the engine or NOS or revving the crap out of it either (unless I get some hot cams that will move the "peak" power point out to 7000rpm), so maybe I can keep the stock bearings. I would like some opinions on that.

Right now Im gonna spend more money on paying someone to install the engine, LSD, flywheel, and clutch than than I will on the actual cost of the engine and most of the parts. I dont have the knowledge or the tools necessary to install an engine and all the other stuff. But after waying the costs of building up an engine to support boost for a turbo application, the 3.0L comes out ahead in terms of value.....

Nikolas