98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

[uncleard09]

Over the summer i bought most of the parts I need to do the swap. I just got my head back from the shop, where they did a valve job, mild port and polish and mild port and polish on my intake manifold. I will be updating this thread as i do my swap, which will be soon. Here is what i have so far for the swap:

Decked and mild port and polished head
Painted mild port and polished intake manifold
OBX header
New timing kit
Timing cover
painted valve cover

Here are some pics
i will add some pics of the head over the weekend and possibly more

[uncleard09]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

there is one thing i need to buy: better lifters. Anyone have a good set of lifters for sale or know where i can buy them?

[JRSTANGE]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

rebuild them! no need for new ones.

Grab some pliers and pull the center piece out. From there you'll find a spring and what not. Take the lifter and guts and soak them in paint thinner for about 20 minutes or so. From there one by one rinse and clean them off and put them back together. Once they are clean and back together soak them in oil until they are ready to be installed.

Otherwise the build sounds pretty good. Valve cover looks nice even though it's not my thing.

[YourMainParadox]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

not a big fan of that light of a blue there but that color scheme could look wicked with the right colors

[uncleard09]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

ok ill have to try that with the lifters, thet have a little rust on them, any way to get the rust off?

[uncleard09]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

not a big fan of that light of a blue there but that color scheme could look wicked with the right colors

ya i realized after that it was ford racing blue, it will look good because everything will match in the end.

[uncleard09]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

got some more pics of the head and the port and polish

[uncleard09]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

cleaned the lifters this weekend, and they came out great

[JRSTANGE]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

good deal! sorry i didnt get back in time to answer that for you.

[uncleard09]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

ya thats ok, thanks for the help, i do have a small question about cams. I was thinking about getting the saturn motorsport mild regrinds, and i dont have much information on them. Would i have to buy high performance valves and springs in order to have them? I kno sometimes with more aggressive cams you do.

[punkboySL2]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

nah, with the crower's you can use stock valvetrain. You could also see if anyone has any of the SDA street cams used once you can get into the ForSale section, they'll do about the same performance wise and you can probably get them a lot cheaper.

[uncleard09]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

ya gotta get some posts up to go on the for sale section, thanks for the help. Ive been reading about the SDA cams, and read good things about them. Gonna have to try to get my hands on some.,

[uncleard09]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

so I did the head swap over the weekend and everything worked well. I also bought ARP head studs, Apexi Neo and a AEM wideband o2 sensor for my car.


all get more pics up tonight

[d3ad1ysp0rk]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

I'd go darker blue and all one color on the valve cover, but I'm glad everything worked out!

[The Shaolin]

Re: 98 sc1 to sc2 plus performance mods

You've still got dished pistons in there, right?

That port looks pretty big for an N/A.