cam swap done... BIG PROBLEMS
04-02-2010, 05:59 AM
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HOLY ****! I'm under the hood instead of on the computer for a day or two and this happens 
lol
OK. so, I got it all apart. Got the valve covers back up and had a friend hand turn the motor while i watched and i just about **** when i saw all my valves trying to go up and down at the same time. (WTF?!) So i looked at the dots and somehow they were now like 8 teeth off (I NEVER EVEN PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SINCE THE LAST POST!). I put my new double roller in (which cleared fine btw) and i got the dots lined up. Had him turn the motor again as i watched, and everything looked fine now. So i threw the timing cover on and hopped in and turned the key. F*#CKIN THING FIRED INSTANTLY. I shut it off real quick, thanked god, and chugged
So i put everthing back together. Did a compression test, and I HAVE CONSISTANT AND GOOD COMPRESSION ALL THE WAY AROUND! Put all the plugs bag in, hopped in to start it, and what do i hear? click.... click.... click... i finally get it to run and my god damn starter ***** the bed. So of course, not having money for a starter and the parts store being closed, we pushed it up the driveway and i rolled back and pop started it. Other than the fact that its running even more rich than it was before the cam swap, its running decent for an untuned ls with a pretty big cam. We played with the throttle cable to get it to stay running because it was too dark to be drilling holes in my tb at that point. Took it for a nice little drive and its doin good. Now i just gotta put a starter in tomorrow (cuz god hates me) and then saturday its gettin tuned
lolOK. so, I got it all apart. Got the valve covers back up and had a friend hand turn the motor while i watched and i just about **** when i saw all my valves trying to go up and down at the same time. (WTF?!) So i looked at the dots and somehow they were now like 8 teeth off (I NEVER EVEN PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SINCE THE LAST POST!). I put my new double roller in (which cleared fine btw) and i got the dots lined up. Had him turn the motor again as i watched, and everything looked fine now. So i threw the timing cover on and hopped in and turned the key. F*#CKIN THING FIRED INSTANTLY. I shut it off real quick, thanked god, and chugged
So i put everthing back together. Did a compression test, and I HAVE CONSISTANT AND GOOD COMPRESSION ALL THE WAY AROUND! Put all the plugs bag in, hopped in to start it, and what do i hear? click.... click.... click... i finally get it to run and my god damn starter ***** the bed. So of course, not having money for a starter and the parts store being closed, we pushed it up the driveway and i rolled back and pop started it. Other than the fact that its running even more rich than it was before the cam swap, its running decent for an untuned ls with a pretty big cam. We played with the throttle cable to get it to stay running because it was too dark to be drilling holes in my tb at that point. Took it for a nice little drive and its doin good. Now i just gotta put a starter in tomorrow (cuz god hates me) and then saturday its gettin tuned
04-02-2010, 09:03 AM
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HOLY ****! I'm under the hood instead of on the computer for a day or two and this happens lol
We played with the throttle cable to get it to stay running because it was too dark to be drilling holes in my tb at that point. Took it for a nice little drive and its doin good. Now i just gotta put a starter in tomorrow (cuz god hates me) and then saturday its gettin tuned
lolWe played with the throttle cable to get it to stay running because it was too dark to be drilling holes in my tb at that point. Took it for a nice little drive and its doin good. Now i just gotta put a starter in tomorrow (cuz god hates me) and then saturday its gettin tuned
OH and next time do not leave us kids alone that damn long! Se what happens when you leave us alone like that! We dang near destroyed the hole LS1Tech house!
04-02-2010, 09:19 AM
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Your a ******* dipshit. SHUT THE **** UP. OBVIOUSLY you know absolutely nothing about LS Motors considering there is absolutely NO and i mean NO LS motors(that includes LS1,LS2,LS3,LS6,LS9,LQ4,LQ9,etc.) that you pry on ANYTHING to get the belt loose. They are all spring tensioned with 15mm bolt heads that you use a 15MM wrench(correct tools) to untension with a thing called your own hand grabbing on to it.(The A/C belt is a 3/8 ratchet head and is also spring tensioned if you want to start **** about that) And dont even try to pull your dumbass you dont know what your talking about. Im a full time mechanic and work on LS's Constantly. I would love to see merv's("slow") car rape you. 
AND IM NOT TRYING TO START **** LIKE I SAID I WAS THROUGH WITH THIS SILLY ****.and dude what the hell are you talking about the A/C ITS A 15 MM ALSO AND IF YOUR TALKING ABOUT THE ONE RIGHT ABOVE THE A/C ITS A STAR BIT APPLICATION .I THOUGHT YOU WAS A MECHANIC THAT WORKS ON LS ENGINES.DONT START NO **** WONT BE NO ****.
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04-02-2010, 04:04 PM
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Merv, this thread is so full of win. I just want to post ***** in it, but that may get me banned.I could probably walk outside RIGHT NOW (midnight) and find a haji who could give me grid coordinates to the chow hall.
It ain't no secret where **** is in Iraq.
04-02-2010, 07:05 PM
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Its only cause they are working the DFACs. That six door Hummer still on the north side of the airfield at Balad? The Air Force brought better looking MWR than the Army.
04-03-2010, 12:36 AM
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I am not conserned with Haji, but more so for Merv with the brass and sutch. I would hate to see someone get there *** in a crack over something like that. At least they would skin you alive in my day for sutch things. Heck I witnessed a court matial for a guy who forgot to turn on the freaking coffee maker when he finished his shift working the mess decks. Maybe things are better now days.
Just trying to look out for a fellow service man.
Just trying to look out for a fellow service man.
04-03-2010, 02:16 AM
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HOLY ****! I'm under the hood instead of on the computer for a day or two and this happens lol
OK. so, I got it all apart. Got the valve covers back up and had a friend hand turn the motor while i watched and i just about **** when i saw all my valves trying to go up and down at the same time. (WTF?!) So i looked at the dots and somehow they were now like 8 teeth off (I NEVER EVEN PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SINCE THE LAST POST!). I put my new double roller in (which cleared fine btw) and i got the dots lined up. Had him turn the motor again as i watched, and everything looked fine now. So i threw the timing cover on and hopped in and turned the key. F*#CKIN THING FIRED INSTANTLY. I shut it off real quick, thanked god, and chugged
So i put everthing back together. Did a compression test, and I HAVE CONSISTANT AND GOOD COMPRESSION ALL THE WAY AROUND! Put all the plugs bag in, hopped in to start it, and what do i hear? click.... click.... click... i finally get it to run and my god damn starter ***** the bed. So of course, not having money for a starter and the parts store being closed, we pushed it up the driveway and i rolled back and pop started it. Other than the fact that its running even more rich than it was before the cam swap, its running decent for an untuned ls with a pretty big cam. We played with the throttle cable to get it to stay running because it was too dark to be drilling holes in my tb at that point. Took it for a nice little drive and its doin good. Now i just gotta put a starter in tomorrow (cuz god hates me) and then saturday its gettin tuned
lolOK. so, I got it all apart. Got the valve covers back up and had a friend hand turn the motor while i watched and i just about **** when i saw all my valves trying to go up and down at the same time. (WTF?!) So i looked at the dots and somehow they were now like 8 teeth off (I NEVER EVEN PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SINCE THE LAST POST!). I put my new double roller in (which cleared fine btw) and i got the dots lined up. Had him turn the motor again as i watched, and everything looked fine now. So i threw the timing cover on and hopped in and turned the key. F*#CKIN THING FIRED INSTANTLY. I shut it off real quick, thanked god, and chugged
So i put everthing back together. Did a compression test, and I HAVE CONSISTANT AND GOOD COMPRESSION ALL THE WAY AROUND! Put all the plugs bag in, hopped in to start it, and what do i hear? click.... click.... click... i finally get it to run and my god damn starter ***** the bed. So of course, not having money for a starter and the parts store being closed, we pushed it up the driveway and i rolled back and pop started it. Other than the fact that its running even more rich than it was before the cam swap, its running decent for an untuned ls with a pretty big cam. We played with the throttle cable to get it to stay running because it was too dark to be drilling holes in my tb at that point. Took it for a nice little drive and its doin good. Now i just gotta put a starter in tomorrow (cuz god hates me) and then saturday its gettin tuned
04-04-2010, 05:58 PM
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Your friend is wrong, the injectors are fine=-) like everyone else on says" check the timing".
will somebody tell me how to get my mod list and pic of car, when i post something. thanks=-)
will somebody tell me how to get my mod list and pic of car, when i post something. thanks=-)
05-12-2010, 02:22 AM
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so i got my baseline tune. drove for a couple weeks. I drove 18 miles on 20 bucks and was on E. I was on my way to go play some pool and it started random misfiring but only threw a code for tps high voltage. It hasnt run since. My plugs were beyond black. changed em and it ran for a second and quit. FML 
05-12-2010, 02:59 AM
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why just a baseline tune? why not the full deal? If you couldnt afford the tune itself....why do the cam itself?
you also need long tubes to take advantage of the cam. SOund slike your not very knowledgeable and need to do more research before you spend money.A cam that size with that much duration on the exhaust side is gonna run shitty when its trying to push that much air through stock manifolds.
you also need long tubes to take advantage of the cam. SOund slike your not very knowledgeable and need to do more research before you spend money.A cam that size with that much duration on the exhaust side is gonna run shitty when its trying to push that much air through stock manifolds.
05-12-2010, 06:59 AM
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thank god. I dont have money for injectors right now. lol
He said that the stock ones will be maxed out and still not enough for my cam.
I'm gonna try switching the coil packs first and try it and if it doesnt fire i'll tear it back down to the chain.
How do you adjust the tension on the timing chain? I dont think theres supposed to be that much slack in it..
He said that the stock ones will be maxed out and still not enough for my cam.
I'm gonna try switching the coil packs first and try it and if it doesnt fire i'll tear it back down to the chain.
How do you adjust the tension on the timing chain? I dont think theres supposed to be that much slack in it..
No that is stupid, I just installed my MS3 this weekend and it runs fine w/ stock injectors!!!!!
GET A NEW LS2 TIMING CHAIN FROM TEXAS SPEED FOR $40.00
sorry about the caps lol.
man that sucks to have to rip that all apart again for a $40 part. best of luck!