my instructor is a hoot...
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I should ask him that next week when I go back. .hopefully with the trans am^^
And right now, I'm in the midst of installing the dowel pins. Except I'm very sceptical if they are ALL the way in. They both stop at the same length...and I measured the length of the heads (assuming that's about how long the cam is) and it came out to be 20" ish... And measured dowels before hand and marked at 20" inches. But just to make sure, I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas on how you know when the dowel pins are touching the rear of the motor and not hitting on a lifter?
I put the pushrods back in( with dowel pins already in as far as I can get them)...to see if the pushrods still move up when I rotate cam by hand... And they still go up a little! Then I'll push pushrods back down a tad...then rotate cam, and they come back up. Assuming the cam is just lifting up on the pin AND the lifter??
Thanks! And my instructor is going to get it when I return it to school with a smile on my face
And right now, I'm in the midst of installing the dowel pins. Except I'm very sceptical if they are ALL the way in. They both stop at the same length...and I measured the length of the heads (assuming that's about how long the cam is) and it came out to be 20" ish... And measured dowels before hand and marked at 20" inches. But just to make sure, I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas on how you know when the dowel pins are touching the rear of the motor and not hitting on a lifter?
I put the pushrods back in( with dowel pins already in as far as I can get them)...to see if the pushrods still move up when I rotate cam by hand... And they still go up a little! Then I'll push pushrods back down a tad...then rotate cam, and they come back up. Assuming the cam is just lifting up on the pin AND the lifter??
Thanks! And my instructor is going to get it when I return it to school with a smile on my face
I remember the cam being a bit shorter than the heads. I want to say there was a good 6" sticking out the front. And a real 6", not a guy's 4", but calling it 6"
If you want a good reference, measure the length of the cam. The dowels won't go in any further than that
If you want a good reference, measure the length of the cam. The dowels won't go in any further than that
OP, youre just paranoid. As long as you put them in the correct holes youre good. lol
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...owel-rods.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/generatio...owel-rods.html
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Got the cam out! Hopefully none of the lifters fell out....I didn't hear anything sooo hope its all good. And the cam kit will be here tomorrow, can't wait to pull up next to my instructor
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Verdad Gallardo I'd either leave the cam in overnight, or push dowels into the motor to keep the lifters from dropping. If they drop, you're going to have a bad time.
reading this I cant help but wonder about this teacher.
replacing the springs with compressed air or rope is nothing new and hardly a gen 3 thing. this has been done for many years and certainly long before i was born.
replacing the springs with compressed air or rope is nothing new and hardly a gen 3 thing. this has been done for many years and certainly long before i was born.
True. what we're all making fun of is his instructor of all people saying that TDC is not going to prevent valves from falling into engine. so, now just waiting to hear how the reaction from the instructor is.
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Told him it was a breeze!! Now to just rev it up after class as I leave.. Lol
TDC > instructor
