i am in the midst of building a new engine for my 2000 ssei, i have a newly rebuilt l67 block with polished crank, align honed mains, clevite bearings, deglazed cylinder walls, i know it'* not a race block but the car is still going to be adaily driver. i am using stock cylinder heads, stage 2 xp cam from zzp, a gen v blower, northstar tb, the few other items that i need to complete this build are: rocker package, lifters, headers, and all the hardware to go along with it, my question is: which ratio rocker arms should i go with for this cam? and also what # valve springs should i use? i know there are lots of different headers out there to, which ones fit on the bonneville the best? and one final thing which thickness of head gaskets should i use?

How'* ya gettin' on, b'y? Where'* ya from home? :P

Do you have the regular XP cam or the XPZ? If it'* the XP, ZZP recommends the Comp 105# springs. I'm not sure if adding rockers would change that, or if it'* even worth it. ZZP says that the XP cam is designed to max out the stock S2 heads, which is what you have. You may need to do P&P heads and LIM to see any gains. I'd email them. As far as headers go, I've only owned *&* (cheapies) for the S2 and they were great (big KR fighter) but most S2 guys go with the TOGs. They're probably better, I don't know.

i'm from the avalon peninsula, but i'm not a towny!

i emailed zzp and i haven't heard back from them yet, i was thinking about getting stage 2 cnc'd heads from zzp, but i fugured i'd try to max out the stock cylinder heads? or say screw it and buy the heads now and do it right! i want to get a intercooler for it to, i think that'll have to wait, $$... i'll just run the stock pulley, and the cam i was lookin at gettin was the xp hot cam. i think i'm gonna try slp headers from intense, i only want to rebuild this engine once so i wanna make sure i got it right.

I imagine Boosty and or WillWren will be in here shortly to assist you....


When were you planning on droping it in we have several members in your area.. and I'm really not afraid of the drive lol

probably in a couple of weeks when i get all the parts in my hands so i can go through the checklist to make sure i got it right, i'm having the engine built by a guy that specializes in grand nationals, hes already done a bit of work for me in the past, i'd do it myself if i had a garage! but the block is comin with the bottom end already assembled, shes gonna be a beast when it'* done, i gotta bet goin with my buddy and his 02 camaro ss... lol.