Diy Lim Gasket Replacement. Upgrades To Do...

so this winter I'm going to do the infamous gasket replacement. and since I've got some time between when I do it and now, I was thinking of doing what I could to the intake side of the motor while its torn apart...

My friend's dad said he'd P&P the LIM and UIM for me, should I go ahead and get my hands on a TB and have him port the UIM to match for new TB as well?
or would it be better to get my hands on some 3500 parts?

also thought this would be a good time to install a 180tstat.

change over to green coolant

change the plugs (what should I go with?)

ah, can't think of much else. anything within reasonable budget you could say.

[jabartram]

what year is your car?

99, 65K

bump bump

[jackal2000]

the things you listed is pretty much everything that came to my mind.....also, you could polish or paint the outisde of the upper intake and valve cover.

definately should do that... Think Im gonna go blue/silver.

[jabartram]

if your gonna go with plugs, spend the money a go denso iridiums, i just put them in mine and they perform really well, but they are expensive, and mine came factory with ac delco iridiums, i'm not sure what yours has?

IMO, i wouldnt waste my time or money on Iridium plugs.

ive heard more horror stories from users of iridium plugs and the misfires they cause.

plus the fact that a set of plugs run damn near $75 is just crazy, considering they do not perform and better than a good copper plug or even a plat.

jabartram

I notice you have waterwetter in your system. is it worth it?

[jabartram]

Originally posted by Lovestheh20@Aug 23 2005, 09:22 AM
jabartram

I notice you have waterwetter in your system. is it worth it?

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when my cooling system operayes properly yes its great, but i recently discovered i have to much of a mix in my system. 1- 12oz bottle will work for up to 16 qts of cooling system, i have 120oz in my 13.6 qt system.

[jabartram]

Originally posted by germ@Aug 23 2005, 07:38 AM
IMO, i wouldnt waste my time or money on Iridium plugs.

ive heard more horror stories from users of iridium plugs and the misfires they cause.

plus the fact that a set of plugs run damn near $75 is just crazy, considering they do not perform and better than a good copper plug or even a plat.

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i put Iridiums in because mine came factory with ac delco Iridiums, i just changed over to Denso, and it runs great with them.

[jackal2000]

Originally posted by jabartram+Aug 23 2005, 01:21 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jabartram @ Aug 23 2005, 01:21 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Lovestheh20@Aug 23 2005, 09:22 AM
jabartram

I notice you have waterwetter in your system. is it worth it?

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when my cooling system operayes properly yes its great, but i recently discovered i have to much of a mix in my system. 1- 12oz bottle will work for up to 16 qts of cooling system, i have 120oz in my 13.6 qt system.

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so whats it doing? higher than "normal" temp?

Originally posted by jabartram@Aug 23 2005, 12:23 PM


i put Iridiums in because mine came factory with ac delco Iridiums, i just changed over to Denso, and it runs great with them.

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what year is your car?

maybe the 03+ came with iridiums, if they did, i am not aware of that. i have only seen AC delco plats used and NGK plats on the 3100 and 3400.

so then probably I should go with the AC platinums. or just replace with factory?

i would recomend the AC Plats for sure if your just going for a basic tune up.

if the iridiums are pregapped and VERIFIED to be .060, i dont see the harm, but i bet they will not be pregapped to .060 and you will have to regap them to be correctly gapped, that is where you get people having issues with iridiums because the tip is so freakin small that the slightest thing can/will chip the tip or even break it off.

seriously, its smaller than the mechanical pencil lead.

yeah I'll stick to the plats. I dont plan on doing anything major to the engine besides what was mentioned above and an exaust.


BTW do you guys think the 60 deg' ebay store is a good deal for ported UIM and LIM's??? i might go this route if my friend can't come through for me on the P&P.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3100-3400-G...1QQcmdZViewItem

[jabartram]

Originally posted by germ+Aug 23 2005, 02:09 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(germ @ Aug 23 2005, 02:09 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-jabartram@Aug 23 2005, 12:23 PM


i put Iridiums in because mine came factory with ac delco Iridiums, i just changed over to Denso, and it runs great with them.

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what year is your car?

maybe the 03+ came with iridiums, if they did, i am not aware of that. i have only seen AC delco plats used and NGK plats on the 3100 and 3400.

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i have an 03 with a 3400, factory iridiums. the ceramic says ac delco, but the metal is stamped NGK.

Originally posted by Lovestheh20@Aug 23 2005, 03:28 PM
BTW do you guys think the 60 deg' ebay store is a good deal for ported UIM and LIM's??? i might go this route if my friend can't come through for me on the P&P.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3100-3400-G...1QQcmdZViewItem

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check out my store/site for some other options on intakes and such..

www.donkeypunchperformance.com

[alerored04]

if it comes down to buying off the internet buy germ's stuff, i have got a set of his p&p upper and lower intake manifolds and heads w/ ls1 springs and i love em, he does great work and is totally trustworthy, besides if you are going to spend the money why not support someone in the community who does quality work instead of someone on ebay who you have no idea what kind of job they did on the stuff.

I know the guy who's selling on ebay. he runs http://www.60degreev6.com/ and I knew him from back when I was on the w-body.com message boards.

but germ has better prices.