Man bro this is why I told you to just let me do it. Goodluck!

 

bro i did want to.. and still do... but i had to pay a ticket.. that took most of the cam install money... i was only left with enough for those few tools that i needed to do it... and for the dyno tune from you guys...

your welcome to come help tho! ill see how much money i can get you for helping out.. i have the crane cams compressor to... so we should be good.. just could use ur professional asistance

 

This is the TQ wrench I use for the Crank bolt w redloc.



This is the TQ wrench I use for the Rockers. And use a quality 5/16 socket! You will strip the rocker bolts if you use a cheapo!

 

LOL Im leaveing out of town this weekend to go race down south. Have my cousins 30th ann TA to work on then we are going to run'em. Against my cobra Ill have video of the *** whipping You never told me you were going to do it yourself. So Im going to cancel what you had setup today!

 

And for your spring tool you should have just called Joe V. His customer service is excellent and he invented the tool.

 

ill give you 100 bucks to let me rent those two torqe wrenches...
i thought i told you i was gunna try the install last time we talked... once its done.. ill call you to see when its cool to bring her over for the dyno tune.

 

No! Im sorry but I do not lend these out. Its nothing personal. Good luck with your install. Ill be around Friday night for a little while but I leaveing Sat morning. I will give you a call on my way home. To see where you are at. I should be bringing my car back from the shop with a better tensioner setup

 

oic.. well alrite then..its cool ill see wat i can do... do you kno where locally i can pick up two decent torque wrenches that would help me out? also yea bro please give me a call friday.. ill be working on it.. i get off at 5... u get text messages? ill text u so u can have my new number...

 

I mean you dont have to use the snap on ones I have. Any TQ wrench will work.

 

When I install a stock bolt I just use the TQ wrench. When I use the ARP I just redloc it and hammer down on it with the BF impact. I dont know about the 1/2 for the crank. I will ask one of the guys at the shop if they would lend there's out but we pay so much $ for our tools I highly doubt it.

 

well it sux cuz it seems like ima need two torqe wrenches.. a small one for the rockers, and a big one for the crank bolt... the one big enough for the crank bolt is a 1/2 inch.. i didnt see any other size...

 

I did mine with one torque wrench...

 

what size? 1/2 inch or? and how many foot lbs? where did ya get it?

 

It was a 3/8s and I think it was from Sears.

 

You can do it with one. Its just a bitch

 

Wasnt for me. Only time I ran into trouble at all was when I lost 2 to many locks

 

I bought a Craftsman 3/8" drive Tq. wrench from Sears for about $40. It's adjustable in .5 ft/lb increments from 10-75 ft/lbs. I've used it on 2 cam swaps now and have had no problems. For the crank bolt you just have to torque it to spec, which is about 35 ft/lbs I believe. Then after that use a 1/2" drive ratchet or breaker bar with a piece of pipe slipped over the handle to finish tightening. I think the specs call for about 120* of rotation past the initial spec of 35 ft/lbs.

Disclaimer: All tq. specs are off the top of my head so check the cam swap directions on ls1howto.com for the exact specs.

 

Crankshaft Balancer (1st pass using old bolt) / 240
Crankshaft Balancer (2nd pass use NEW bolt) / 37
Crankshaft Balancer (final pass) / + 140 degrees

 

I just used an Impact

 

alrite.. ima head out to sears than.. i got a 1/2 inch breaker bar.. so im good there... and ill check out sears for that 3/8ths torque wrench..the one i got cost 70 bucks... what does that torque wrench at sears go up to?