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[Lance]

yea, I was reading the posts here about the hassles with the electric fans....I may want to reconsider that one. I'm going to look into it a little more.

[txarkitekt]

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yea, I was reading the posts here about the hassles with the electric fans....I may want to reconsider that one. I&#39;m going to look into it a little more.
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Welcome to the site&#33;

Fans aren&#39;t really that big of a problem. You can either get a new set-up like Flex-a-lite or Perma-Cool, or you can go to a junk yard (or Ebay) and get some e-fans off a F-body (Camaro or T/A). And since you are doing a Nelson PCM, you can buy his fan harness. That way everything is plug-n-play. The fans will be set to come on at a specific temp by the new PCM. Flex-a-lite comes with a temp control module that does the same thing, but you set the temp. It comes on at 60% capacity 10 degrees before the thermostat opens, and it comes on at 100% when the stat opens and the system is recirculating. I installed my Flex-a-lite set-up myself and it went well.

As for the heads, the 4.8&#39;s are a little small for now. Like RedHeartbeat said, save up for some nice ARP, Dart or MTI LS1 heads. Have them port and polished with something like 2.02 / 1.60 valves, 1.7:1 Jesel rockers, and a cam. When you do the heads/block, you have to also do new head/block bolts because they fit-to-torque specs and can only be used once.

But even then, you kinda have to decide if you are staying N/A or boosted. Your long term wants/desires depend on how you build the motor.

Any way you look at it, we will try to help you out the best we can&#33;