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Old 07-27-2016, 09:20 AM
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Everything is fine now I have that 11k back but it sucks, I was really excited... later it will come... and yeah I'm trying to see if I can get by without a pittman arm puller bc I'm lazy lol
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I tried renting pullers from 3 different places and none of them would work properly - clearance issues especially with a 4WD. I just decided to buy a new pitman arm in the end - should be showing up today. PITA job.
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Well I've done it before and it only took a few mins lol but we will see
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Lol see 5 mins
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huge bummer on the 408. I hope it wasn't anything to do with the condition of the motor.
What are you doing to the head? Any plans for a new cam? Which headers did you go with? I'm following this build thread with anticipation
Keep up the great work.
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Okay so backstory, I rebuilt the top end of this 300 with a Comp cam, new springs, and steel timing gears, they are going to service the head and mill it and give it back...
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Here's some pics of the progress
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Ok that looks sick. How much improvement do you think there will be over a stock 300? Are you gonna do anything for the computer?
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Ok that looks sick. How much improvement do you think there will be over a stock 300? Are you gonna do anything for the computer?
I want to contact jet performance and ask if they can create a chip for me but idk if that's even possible.
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Probably have to do a MAF conversion first and I don't even know how that goes for a 300.


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