Carbureted LSX forum - Aaaah! This damn noise.

96k LQ9.
TSP TSUNAMI cam 7.400 pushrods.
New ls7 lifters. Lunati dual valve spring kit.
Stock 317's milled .015 thousands.
New stock oil pump with new green o-ring. Went into lil pump smooth.
Stock rocker arms.
Oil pressure @ idle is 40 and just a tad lower hot. Rises with rpm.

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Hard to tell what that is.Are you sure its not a weird exhaust leak? It just dosent sound metallic to me.

Nope. Not exhaust.

Valves hitting pistons?

What is ur lifter reload?

1 and a quarter turn from 0 lash to reach 22ft lbs.