Head Swap ...
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The little 5.0 that could
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Head Swap ...
Well, a while back when I went to change the plugs for the first time I bought plugs to fit an e7 head, but when I tried to put the plugs in the threads were way too big on the head for the plug to thread into. Which lead me to the conclusion that I don't even have e7 heads. :o ... the plugs that ended up fitting were from a 92 5.0 ford wagon, but I don't know for sure what exact type of heads they are. So, my engine was obviously put together with spare parts and me not having a head that can flow as well as an e7 would explain my poor trap speeds.
My luck today I went to pick my dad up from work and we went over a friends of his house and his son was home who just put gt40p heads on his 5.0 and had the e7s just laying in the bed of his truck. He gave them to me for 20 bucks so I'm going to swap out the heads I have on my car now in favor of these used e7s I have now.
I know I'll need all new gaskets, but I also need to swap the rockers from my heads to the other heads and I'm not real sure how easy/hard that will be.
Also, the e7s have a pollution thing at the back of the head somewhere, I didn't see it when I was scrapping the old gaskets off, but I know it's there, but where exactly?
Any other trouble you all think I may run into while making this change?
My luck today I went to pick my dad up from work and we went over a friends of his house and his son was home who just put gt40p heads on his 5.0 and had the e7s just laying in the bed of his truck. He gave them to me for 20 bucks so I'm going to swap out the heads I have on my car now in favor of these used e7s I have now.
I know I'll need all new gaskets, but I also need to swap the rockers from my heads to the other heads and I'm not real sure how easy/hard that will be.
Also, the e7s have a pollution thing at the back of the head somewhere, I didn't see it when I was scrapping the old gaskets off, but I know it's there, but where exactly?
Any other trouble you all think I may run into while making this change?
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The rockers are cake, you jsut bolt them down, they are non-adjustable. You will also need new head bolts as well, they are $37 for ARPs from AE.
The pollution thing is just 2 holes on the back of the heads. You can buy threaded inserts and just plug them up.
If you need a hand let me know.
The pollution thing is just 2 holes on the back of the heads. You can buy threaded inserts and just plug them up.
If you need a hand let me know.
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Show I would buy arp bolts for your heads and intake felpro gaskets the economy ones are fine.Get the right bolts and gaskets well worth your while and money.There are some tricks of switching them off but not that hard if you want someone to do it let me kno.
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Im getting ready to do the E7 swap as well. Just got my motor so i think its time to put them on. Mars you said the rockers were cake. What about 1.72 RR's?
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I wouldn't say bolting the rockers on is easy, I did stud mount and pedastals. You have to know how to preload the lifter and what order to do it in. If you've done it before, I'm sure it's easy, but I had a rough time with it my first time.
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Originally posted by N20D5OH
I wouldn't say bolting the rockers on is easy, I did stud mount and pedastals. You have to know how to preload the lifter and what order to do it in. If you've done it before, I'm sure it's easy, but I had a rough time with it my first time.
I wouldn't say bolting the rockers on is easy, I did stud mount and pedastals. You have to know how to preload the lifter and what order to do it in. If you've done it before, I'm sure it's easy, but I had a rough time with it my first time.
