ok well ive had a loud tic for quite some time! anyone have this problem my cam is not that big but i here they will make some noise however my friends doesnt tick close as mine does how do you no when your lifters are going out!!?? sure it not an exhaust leak

 

You might consider taking off the valve covers and looking for a broken valve spring or a bad rocker.

 

ok cool thanks anyone else i used stock lifter with cam is that ok?!?

 

You said your cam is not that big. If the cam that you are talking about is the one in your sig I say its pretty damn big. Any way I have the same problem too, and almost everybody tells me its a bad lifter. My cam is a whimp compair to yours so I would say check your springs, rockers, and pushrods. If they are all okay then it will most likely to be the lifter going bad.

 

i have to ask are you still driving it with a bad lifter?

 

Deffinately check your spark plugs. My car had a nasty tic at idle. turned out to be a loose spark plug. It was louder under the car than in the engine compartment

 

a tic wouldnt get louder as he revs if it was a spark plug...

 

did you put in a ported oil pump. my car used to tick before my tsp ls6 pump. now no noise with heads and cam

 

well he never said it got louder when it revs, does it>?

 

it is probably a bent pushrod or a broken spring (or 2).
I have a decent size cam, and it is just loud for valvetrain noises.

 

my bad i guess he just told me that through a PM, so now you know

 

oh ok, sorry thats ruled out then

 

I'd have to agree. I had the same tick and it ended up being two bent pushrods. Any chance you may have over-revved and floated the valves?

 

Yes Im affraid so. The car is the only car and its a DD so I will have to live with it until I can get some time off, and money to spent on bolts and gasket kit to pull the heads. I just hope it does'nt go before that.

 

ok my car does do it when it revs maybe i need an stock oil pump 2002 but the gaugh is at 40 most of the time ...i here it only when the cut out is closed

 

well just fyi but if it doesnt happen when your cutouts open then its not an internal engine problem.

if the cutout just over powers the sound then you may still have a problem but you should probably try to nail down just where the sound is coming from

 

Yeah, It is just drowning it out....

 

Lot of lift on that cam, what springs are you running?

 

hopefully he has doubles...