Vortec L31 cylinder head
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* Vortec specific intake manifold gasket | * Vortec specific intake manifold gasket | ||
* Vortec specific intake manifold bolts | * Vortec specific intake manifold bolts | ||
| − | * Head bolts (required only if the original head bolts are either missing or unusable for some reason) | + | * Head bolts (required only if the original head bolts are either missing or unusable for some reason - 1996+ head bolts are torque to yield unlike 1995 and older) |
* Head gaskets ([http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Head_gasket#Re-using_head_gaskets generally required] any time heads are re-installed) | * Head gaskets ([http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Head_gasket#Re-using_head_gaskets generally required] any time heads are re-installed) | ||
* Machining valve guide boss or the use of different retainers and springs, or ghetto grinding the stock retainers, etc., to work with a camshaft having somewhere around 0.450" or more valve lift. | * Machining valve guide boss or the use of different retainers and springs, or ghetto grinding the stock retainers, etc., to work with a camshaft having somewhere around 0.450" or more valve lift. | ||
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