mvvette97

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After the cam swap it sounds noisy. I have the comp 228/230 with 7.4 pushrods and Patriot Gold springs. It seems to be a little louder since I put the duals on. I had the 918s at first. Is this normal for a cammed LS1? http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...=Movietick.flv

sidewayz28

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whats wrong with it?

mvvette97

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I don't know, does that sound normal? the ticking?

blkbird

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Sounds fine to me

TWISTEDTA

yea those springs are pretty noisy even after there are broken in... That sounds just about right.

mvvette97

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I guess I'm used to the vette. It's quiet but it also had a stock cam

Junk 302

Looks like your motor jumps around a lil?

SiL3NtXWS6

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sounds fine

mvvette97

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yea, It seems to idle a tad rough

viper9403

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all good to me normal valve train

camscam02

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sounds perfectly fine!

mvvette97

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thank god, I'm getting tired of working on this thing.

SiL3NtXWS6

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it's only the beginning

KurtRardin

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When I do my cam here soon im going to use 918s and 7.425 pushrods on a custom TSP cam. From what i gather the extra length helps with the tapping because of the slightly smaller cam base circle.

mvvette97

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When i first got my cam in I had the 918s with 7.425 pushrods and then half of my springs broke. Don't know if it was the pushrods or just bad springs

KurtRardin

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Oh yeah, i remember that. Well a few people here recommended them to me. Some other person talked about running more pre load, like .011 more i want to say. Since the cam that i am getting is pretty much maxing the 918s (.595) i might not want to go with 7.425s.

KurtRardin

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Werent your springs different than most 918s? Like you had to force them into position, and then the pics of them were a little odd looking. It might have just been the springs. Do you still have the longer PRs? It seems like running the extra PR length is a almost a common practice. But, if im wrong then im glad i am before i purchased anything.

mvvette97

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Yea i think the springs were bad. Comp sent me a new set but they said that the lighter color on them was normal. I think they are full of **** because the new set and other sets I have seen are the dark color. After all that i went back to the 7.4 length. And since you are getting close to coil bind with your lift I really wouldn't want to use a single spring that is rated to 600 lift. That's why i went to the Patriot golds duals. It's pretty scary when you break a single spring. Valves can fall and then guess what. If you have duals you will still have one spring to hold the valve from falling. Also i can't see getting many miles out of those springs with that much lift. It will be hard on them. Since i switched to duals I feel SOOO much better about getting on it, and I don't have as much lift as you will have. Your call but i wouldn't run a single with anything bigger than stock

KurtRardin

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Thats a good point. The cam that Im going to have carved up for me is 228/232, .588/.595 110+4 on an XER lobe. So yeah, right at the end of the 918. Maybe a set of PRC duals or Patriots would be better. What a hundred bucks more? I cant wait for this cam though, its going to hopefully be awesome. I just got my LS6 intake the other day, yet to install it. Now im looking into poly mounts, adjusting the fk out of my catted y, 4.10s, and a few other things before i get to put the cam in. I cant wait!

SStheBest

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hehe i have comp 918's and have put 30,000 miles on em....im runnin a 224/224 .581, .581 lift with a 112 lsa and STILL no problems...thats stock internals BTW (minus the springs)