So the spending frenzy begins. Ideally since I only have the weekends available I tried to organize receiving all of the parts before the weekend. This turned out to be pretty hard to do. The first thing to track down was a camshaft. Now I had talked to some people that were running some pretty nasty cams. But they guys who had dynoed their engines and were making 400-500 horsepower were actually running very mild cams.
Taking the advice of one of the members I bought a crower solid lifter camshaft with .592" intake and .607" exhaust. The lobe center was the recommended 106 degrees. I ordered the camshaft and a spring/lifter set from crower. The cam part number is, 15381.
The next item to track down was the stud conversion kit for adjustable rocker arms. This is a crane kit that is commonly used on these engines. The only concern about this kit is that the studs may work themselves out of the head. Installation with locktite is recommended. This is a pretty nice kit. The kit includes studs, pushrod guides, and plastic inserts for the guides. The guide plate is placed into the head first filling the square inset in the rocker pedestal. Then the stud is screwed into the head holding the guideplate in place. The part number is 52655-16.
Most of the parts I ordered from Jegs Automotive. I ordered the Torker II intake from Edelbrock and a 750 Holley mechanical secondary carb. Part numbers 2760 and 4779S. I also wanted to replace the clutch while we were in there. The centerforce clutch seems to be the best option here, the part number is DF021048S. You also need to order a different flywheel since the CenterForce clutch is a 9.5" clutch and the stock clutch is a 10" clutch. You could either order the flywheel from CenterForce, part number 700250-48 or from a pantera vendor.
I also ordered a Moroso 10 quart oil pan from Jegs, part number 710-20560. This a baffled pan that "really" holds 10 quarts of oil. The pan is reasonably priced at $182 but wont fit into the car unless you relocate the parking break bracket.
Other items include an oil pump, oil pick up tube, pushrods, fuel pump and a timing set. The rocker arms I got are Crane full roller rockers for a 7/16" stud. Lastly I purchased a rebuilt gas tank from Hall Pantera.
Once all of the parts were in we could start the work and get #2245 back on the road.
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