Hi guys, Im pulling the motor in my ttype on July 26th for a freshening and was wondering if I could get some input from you guys. My car has 120K miles on it and by my sig you can tell its my daily driver. I got it 14 months ago with 100K on it. The day I brought the car home I changed the oil and noticed pieces of timing gear plastic in the oil. Yikes! But 20K later Im finally getting around to freshening the motor. I figured it was time to stop testing my luck and freshen the car up before it broke on me. As of now the plan is to do the following:
Weld drivers side header
Have intake, valve covers, and doghouse powdercoated (pretty points!)
Replace valve springs with 979s from Summit
Replace timing chain and gear with Dynagear from Autozone
New cam button
New oil pickup tube/screen
All new gaskets, rear main, front cover, etc, but not headgaskets
Take a peak at the bearings, but not planning to replace (fingers crossed)
Slam it back together and go another 50K miles
(Im sure Im forgetting some things, but this is basically it).
Now my question is.......how many of you still have stock cams in high mileage cars? I put a Comp Cams 206 kit in my GN, and LOVE it.....buttttttt....I dont have much cash to spend on the daily driver, and the GN needs a tranny......so you get the picture. The car runs very well, but is kinda dead at high rpm (valve springs). Its never missed or popped on me, and the vac is decent. But still some of my TR buddys encourage me to change the cam. What would you do on a "low budget freshening?" I think Ill be just fine leaving the stock camshaft and lifters.......what are your opinions?
As always, THANK YOU.
Weld drivers side header
Have intake, valve covers, and doghouse powdercoated (pretty points!)
Replace valve springs with 979s from Summit
Replace timing chain and gear with Dynagear from Autozone
New cam button
New oil pickup tube/screen
All new gaskets, rear main, front cover, etc, but not headgaskets
Take a peak at the bearings, but not planning to replace (fingers crossed)
Slam it back together and go another 50K miles
(Im sure Im forgetting some things, but this is basically it).
Now my question is.......how many of you still have stock cams in high mileage cars? I put a Comp Cams 206 kit in my GN, and LOVE it.....buttttttt....I dont have much cash to spend on the daily driver, and the GN needs a tranny......so you get the picture. The car runs very well, but is kinda dead at high rpm (valve springs). Its never missed or popped on me, and the vac is decent. But still some of my TR buddys encourage me to change the cam. What would you do on a "low budget freshening?" I think Ill be just fine leaving the stock camshaft and lifters.......what are your opinions?
As always, THANK YOU.
