I'm having the LE2 kit installed and I'm not sure if I hit everything that I need. Heres what I have in my garage right now:

-Heads w/ 3/8" studs, springs already installed
-Cam
-5/16" hardened tip pushrods (stock length)
-Ported Intake
-Intake gaskets

Here's my "to get" list:

-Crane self aligning full roller rockers 1.6
-LS7 lifters
-pushrod guideplates


I know I also need all new gaskets, should I get a head/cam swap gasket package from Thunder Racing? What else do I need? Anything I should change? Sorry if I'm asking a lot, but this is my first time having something this big done and I'm a little overwhelmed with what parts I need and what I should have done just to make a good, reliable setup.
Thanks a lot guys

 

Also will need coolant, oil, the coolant crossover gaskets for the back on the cylinder heads, high temp rtv, possibly lifters, and possibly a timeing chain set if your old one has some miles on it.

 

If you have SA rockers, you won't need pr guide plates.... But I'd recommend non-SA rockers and hardened guide plates...which of course you'll need hardened or moly pushrods. This is due to the fact that you have over .600 lift and the guideplates and non-SA rockers are more stable at higher rpms.
As far as the length of pr, you'll need to get the heads on and then measure for the appropriate pr length, I bet the stock length will be off for an LE2 cam as I'm sure the lift will require that cam to be ground on a smaller base circle than the stocker. A pushrod length checker costs $25 and is a must to measure for the appropriate length, you can find the process to measure them by searching..takes a little patience but is fairly easy...and little off and there goes your valve guides in a few thousand miles.

 

I'm taking it in to a shop to have everything installed so I don't think I need to worry about picking up oil or coolant. The timing chain has about 97K on it. Hopefully the guys doing the work know about what your saying with the pushrod length, but I will bring it up to them before I take it in.

 

As far as all the gaskets I need for the entire swap, will the head/cam swap package from Thunder Racing do me good? I realize I may have to use the gaskets I have now for the intake because they fit the port work, but as far as all the other gaskets should I be good to go? The only other one I'm worried about is the head gaskets. Will they work with the LE2 heads if they are for a stock LT1?