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Yeah, just imagine the satisfaction of posting the pics of the completed project and wagging your finger at the nay sayers.

I'll tell you what, I didn't do mine because I didn't have the time, tools, or knowledge to do something like that myself, but I just got involved in a rebuild on a Chevy 350 and it's been a blast so far. Just take your time and get it right the first time (if that's possible). Good luck!

Good luck! The path that you are taking is called fast-tracking and is a well documented way go over budget and take much longer than anticipated ... just ask the Federal Government (DOE in particular)

fast cougar can you repeat that in lehmans terms lol

A lot of government agancies, like the DOE have used a method of project management called "fast-tracking" where they will have plans only 30% complete before construction starts. 30%!!! Think about that for a minute. There was one case, I don't remember the specifics, but the jist of it was that the Department of Energy (DOE) had a government contract for a processing plant for spent nuclear waste and they began to develop the building when only had 30% of the entire process/machines figured out. Turns out that the building was too small to house the entire project and had to be abandoned ... fleacing american's of their tax dollars to the tune of some god-awefull amount of like 30 million.

I know that this is an extreme example, but I just wanted you to know that doing things without pre-planning every aspect can have consiquences.

Not saying that is what you are doing this in your case, but you should already know what your plans are long before pulling the engine. By now you should already have everything pre-planned. Pre-planning will save you money in the long run.

I suggest you stop the teardown and finish planning before continuing. Although I applaud your efforts, I sit here amazed that you will have the heads off by the next time round and still don't know what you are going to be doing with them.

I get you now buddy . yeah I have everything figured out but for the most part Im not going to write about my future plans when I ahvent done them yet. Im gonig to have my 3L heads matted to my LIM form my 2.5L svt intake and teh Port and Polished. Im sending the exhaust maniolf and upper intake manifolds to Exctrude hone for Port and polishing and im gonig to wait untill they get back I wont have a car for that tiem so ill be working on the basic 3L block grinding the crank and prepping it for when the parts come back also Im ordering the gaskets and other things at the same time. while I wait. umm ofr now thast all.
peace out

Hey fellas, what is every part of teh engine that can be port and polished for better air flow, besides the heads, intake manifolds and exhausts.

Don't bother sending the exhaust manifolds to Xtrude Hone... They can't be honed because of the pre-cats in them. They are also smooth pipe already, the only thing you can do is clean up the welds that join the pieces together. Just port and polish the exhaust ports in the heads and leave it at that. I recommend a set of headers instead of the manifolds anyway. Having the upper intakes port matched to each other and to the heads is a great idea, and sending all those parts to extrude hone is even better.

Good luck.

warmonger

thanks buddy.. i got the hookup so ima go ahead and do that,

Hey just wanted to see how everything is working out for u. give me a call. I lost ur number

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