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I took my expo to the Mojave trail while en route to the MINT 400 in vegas last weekend and siezed my motor in a big water crossing. It wouldn't turn over at all after pulling plugs, socket on the crank, and trying to pop start with a clutch dump... So I pulled the motor out of my spare X last night and am contemplating build options.
I was planning on just putting a new head gasket kit on it- (I ordered the more expensive 150$ Victor reinz HG kit off rock auto that included new head bolts)... but now want to give it a little power in addition to a head rebuild. I have to pull the heads off both motors because I have at least one cracked head in my spare expo. Is there a cam thats under $200 out there that will work best in the 3-4k rpm (for prerunning) and moderate 4x4 trail usage with just cone intake and exhaust? I also need to pass cali smog with it.
Any quick tips i can Do to the heads while they're out to gain power? These bolts going through the exhaust ports seem restictive so i was going to put shorter bolts in. I don't want to spend time and money porting them or on headers or roller rockers. My local shop will do a head job and a 3 angle valve for cheap. Is there a piston option i can throw in for an extra 10-20 hp? I looked at morengo (or however you spell it) and they're too pricey for me right now as I'm in escrow for a house so need to do this as cheaply as possible while gaining a lil extra go juice.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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I was planning on just putting a new head gasket kit on it- (I ordered the more expensive 150$ Victor reinz HG kit off rock auto that included new head bolts)... but now want to give it a little power in addition to a head rebuild. I have to pull the heads off both motors because I have at least one cracked head in my spare expo. Is there a cam thats under $200 out there that will work best in the 3-4k rpm (for prerunning) and moderate 4x4 trail usage with just cone intake and exhaust? I also need to pass cali smog with it.
Any quick tips i can Do to the heads while they're out to gain power? These bolts going through the exhaust ports seem restictive so i was going to put shorter bolts in. I don't want to spend time and money porting them or on headers or roller rockers. My local shop will do a head job and a 3 angle valve for cheap. Is there a piston option i can throw in for an extra 10-20 hp? I looked at morengo (or however you spell it) and they're too pricey for me right now as I'm in escrow for a house so need to do this as cheaply as possible while gaining a lil extra go juice.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Was having fun...
Almost made it
