some advice needed. pretty bad valve tap

[pitchblacktalon]

aight guys ive got a pretty bad vavle tap on my first gen so im looking for some advice and opinions on what to do....
first..... i have a 2g head that has no issues only thing is the cams are taken out, so i was wondering, what are the gains from a 2g head on a 6bolt (if any). also what all do i need to do to complete the swap i.e parts mods. and should i use the 1g cams or 2g cams? i thought i heard there was something that made the 1g's a lil better but not sure?
second... or would i just be better off rebuilding my 1g head. thanks in advance for any advice or opinions you guys never fail me thanks again dan

 

[just2asian]

you can get rid of the lifter tick very easily. Just get a set of revised 3g lifters. They are really simple to put in. You can find a write up on it www.vfaq.com. Its most likely not your head that is the problem.

 

[pitchblacktalon]

but if it is lifter tick would it hurt perfomance? im kinda confused on this one. because you can always hear the ticking, but it seems like when i hit boost itll feel okay for a sec and the loose power. i think i read somewhere on here that if the knock sensor picks up the ticking itll retard your timing , would this be the reason for the power lose? thanks for your responce.

 

[chico904]

Sounds dumb but whenever I start getting lifter tick I know Its time for an oil change. I change it with Mobil 1, and it goes away again.

 

[pitchblacktalon]

thanks for the post. i actually changed my oil and then this occured like 4 days later after a run in w/ a mustang cobra. im so confused on this one

 

[kenamond]

If the lifter tick is bad enough, it can register as knock, and the ECU will pull timing. This may be what's causing the loss of power. If you have a logger, take a look at knock count.

If it's just lifter tick, it won't hurt anything other than phantom knock, and I agree with the suggestion of installing revised (3g) lifters. I believe they're like $120 for the set, and everyone says lifter tick is gone for good then. If you're on a budget, you can just clean the old lifters, but carefully follow the instructions on the vfaq either way. If $120 is in your budget, you'll have the lifters out either way, so putting in the 3g lifters makes the most sense from a labor standpoint.

If you do it, adding a tech article with pictures would be great!