Need some step by step help from you guys
Need some step by step help from you guys Ok. I am installing a cam/heads right now. I just recieved everything today finally 
. So now I am going to install the cam...
I am installing the double roller chain. I got the new crank gear on and the cam is in along with the retainer plate.
Now I need some step by step help here. I need to get this cam lined up dot to dot.
I have been givin good advice on how to do this before, but I have been reading that I should be doing things differently.
Anyway I dont want to **** this up, so I want your guys help here.
I just feel better learning from you guys then reading ls1howto's instructions.
. So now I am going to install the cam...I am installing the double roller chain. I got the new crank gear on and the cam is in along with the retainer plate.
Now I need some step by step help here. I need to get this cam lined up dot to dot.
I have been givin good advice on how to do this before, but I have been reading that I should be doing things differently.
Anyway I dont want to **** this up, so I want your guys help here.
I just feel better learning from you guys then reading ls1howto's instructions.
I Started Dot To Dot Then Rotated The Motor 180* Then Used A Straight Edge To Line Up The Lower Dot To The Upper Dot Which Should Be Centered On The Top Of The Block, Then Rotated 180 Again If Everything Looks Good Your Set To Go.
LS1howto is definitely right on the money. And like everyone is saying, definitely at least double check to make sure the dots line up by turning the motor over a couple times by hand and checking.
make sure this doesnt happen to you
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From: BFE
little tip:
After you take the crank pulley/cover and before you take the cam gear off. Line up the dot-to-dot, that should bring your piston 1 at TDC and you are sure your crank is at 12' Oclock.
After you take the crank pulley/cover and before you take the cam gear off. Line up the dot-to-dot, that should bring your piston 1 at TDC and you are sure your crank is at 12' Oclock.
Wish I could tell ya!
I still need to put on heads and finish everything else.
I also droped the oil pick up tube bolt in the oil pan, so I am going to go fishing tommarow it looks like. I am sure that it will bug me more than now cause I am pretty damn drunk and faded right now. But in the morning my journey to autozone begins to buy a pen magnet; so hopefully I can fish it out tommarow.
I also used fishing line to install the bolt, it was working at first but the bolt fell right through the line...ahhh I was so close.
TSP is doing my tuning. I still got to send in my comp to them. I am in no rush cause I am sure that this will set me back some good time.
Anyway I am done rambling on, going to bed now
I still need to put on heads and finish everything else.
I also droped the oil pick up tube bolt in the oil pan, so I am going to go fishing tommarow it looks like. I am sure that it will bug me more than now cause I am pretty damn drunk and faded right now. But in the morning my journey to autozone begins to buy a pen magnet; so hopefully I can fish it out tommarow.
I also used fishing line to install the bolt, it was working at first but the bolt fell right through the line...ahhh I was so close.
TSP is doing my tuning. I still got to send in my comp to them. I am in no rush cause I am sure that this will set me back some good time.
Anyway I am done rambling on, going to bed now
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Originally Posted by PREDATOR-Z
little tip:
After you take the crank pulley/cover and before you take the cam gear off. Line up the dot-to-dot, that should bring your piston 1 at TDC and you are sure your crank is at 12' Oclock.
After you take the crank pulley/cover and before you take the cam gear off. Line up the dot-to-dot, that should bring your piston 1 at TDC and you are sure your crank is at 12' Oclock.
Crank dot at 12 is #1 at TDC on compression stroke. Remember, cam turns two revolutions for every one revolution of the crank. There is a cam sensor, it has nothing to do with this install though.
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Originally Posted by ArcticZ28
Crank dot at 12 is #1 at TDC on compression stroke. Remember, cam turns two revolutions for every one revolution of the crank. There is a cam sensor, it has nothing to do with this install though.