Well i got my car cammed and its running great. Now i would like to preserve the engine so i can concentrate on life and building up the rest of the driveline. would hate to have to drop a few grand just cuz the engine fails on me.

It is a 40k ls1. Nno premature wear on anything that I could tell from dissassembly. I do a good job changing the oil every 3000 miles. As extra safety. With my cam, i used prc duals, chromoly pushrods, ls2 timing chain, ls6 oil pump, new spark plugs. I also tuned the car with hptuners and a wideband (needs a slight bit more idle tuning but it runs great.) I have very good oil pressure and i wait for the car to warm up before running it hard. ( have oil temp gauge that i watch). I don't have a problem with missing gears and i have my rev limiter set at 6600 (I think i should be good till 6800 but im bein a bit conservative here).

Anything else i should do to make sure i dont throw a rod, spin a bearing, or kill something else?

 

Replace your rod bolts.

 

Dont drive it hard. There are no guarantees when you start modding. My SB lost a cylinder at 81k miles. Cam only at 60k had heads for 12k. I drove it hard.

 

Drive it and hope for the best. You seem to do everything you need to so just hope it is enough. Some engines last quite awhile.

 

i agree with him, and changing the oil more often wont hurt... the harder you run it, more often you should change it.

 

a 2002 has pretty stong rod bolts and will have 0 problems spinning to 7k.

if you want to preserve your motor.. have a professional tune it, that would be the biggest thing to kill an engine

 

LOL

Run 6 qts of oil. Check your oil level frequently, especially if it burns any.

 

 

No need 2002 has the good rod bolts.

 

Theres a dude that just posted up about a crate engine who has 225k on his stock engine so they can last a long time and be fine. I ran with a safe tune but hammered it when ever I could.