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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 05:26 PM
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Default GOT CAM BOLTS! PO343 Code car gets saved
So I pull apart an 03 Z today with a D1 on it and the always popular PO343 code. Get everything apart and guy was luckier then I had thought



I have no idea how the sprocket stayed on the cam, I literally touched it and it fell off the end of the camshaft.

Good times
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holy ****. Good catch. I would have been counting my blessings. Aren't you supposed to use Locker on those bolts?~Cole~
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this was stock motor car, its not uncommon for boosted stock engines. Its getting locker with a blower cam this time around.
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Lucky guy, definate on the locker this time around.
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Good save.
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Originally Posted by BlownVette 2001
Good save.
Yeah, customer called me told me the code he had and i told him to bring the car to my ship immediatly and he did and when we pulled it apart we found that haha.... he better love me for that.
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Yeah, customer called me told me the code he had and i told him to bring the car to my ship immediatly and he did and when we pulled it apart we found that haha.... he better love me for that.
I hope he was smart enough to have it towed in.
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Originally Posted by BlownVette 2001
I hope he was smart enough to have it towed in.
he was right down the street so he drove it.
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Originally Posted by Frans96SS
he was right down the street so he drove it.
That's nuts. If I ever got that code it would be on the flatbed.

Thank goodness I loctited mine when I put a cam in it.
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Originally Posted by BlownVette 2001
That's nuts. If I ever got that code it would be on the flatbed.

Thank goodness I loctited mine when I put a cam in it.
yeah it was a good excuse to put a cam in this.... but it already made SICK power... it was stock with kooks, corsa and a procharger and 8psi and it made 603 on a mustang dyno...
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I would also guess he does not play the lottery...... very lucky indeed.

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Originally Posted by Frans96SS
yeah it was a good excuse to put a cam in this.... but it already made SICK power... it was stock with kooks, corsa and a procharger and 8psi and it made 603 on a mustang dyno...
Yeah that is some big numbers for a stock 347.

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I would also guess he does not play the lottery...... very lucky indeed.

Keith
He got lucky this day, as most guys end up with a new motor after getting the PO343 code.
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Good Save Fran and Jordan
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that guy was really lucky. Good catch. That would of surprised me too!
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