vid after cam install
03-25-2007, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by brad8266
You will be the first person out there out of the many with a MS cam that will actually measure for PR size, that will have to be a sticky. 
03-28-2007, 05:12 PM
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well bad news .... got the bolt in from gm and just tore it apart again to put that bolt in instead of the **modified** bolt .... the bolt was going in really good and then it hit a spot and clicked ... then it wouldn't tighten any farther after that .... stripped 
now what the hell do i do???
also after i took it out there seemed to be chunks of this stuff all over the bolt ... then a big one came out the last time ... is this bad too??? i'm sick of this damn car!!
i know this can't be good
now what the hell do i do???also after i took it out there seemed to be chunks of this stuff all over the bolt ... then a big one came out the last time ... is this bad too??? i'm sick of this damn car!!
i know this can't be good
03-28-2007, 06:05 PM
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You can have the holehelicoiled and have the proper sized bolt put in. Dont be sick of the car, it only does what the owner makes it do, no pun intended but thats just how it is. You should have cleaned that bolt hole out before you put the new bolt in. I bet that "modified" bolt wasnt the right thread for the hole.
I feel for ya man, dont get too distressed, **** happens, you will get it up and running eventually. just be sure to take your time and do everything right next time, no shortcuts or band aid fixes.
I feel for ya man, dont get too distressed, **** happens, you will get it up and running eventually. just be sure to take your time and do everything right next time, no shortcuts or band aid fixes.
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03-28-2007, 06:29 PM
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i know its pretty much all my fault ... i just feel like a dumbass and don't know what to do next .... don't got money to do anything with it and pretty much the winter project is goign to make the car sit on the driveway most of the summer
03-28-2007, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by wssexorz
i know its pretty much all my fault ... i just feel like a dumbass and don't know what to do next .... don't got money to do anything with it and pretty much the winter project is goign to make the car sit on the driveway most of the summer
To put a helicoil in only takes a few minutes. 
03-28-2007, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by SDfbody
If you can use a helicoil, it won't take most of the summer to do it... To put a helicoil in only takes a few minutes.
To put a helicoil in only takes a few minutes.hey ur from vspot also ... i have no idea how helicoil would work ... do you think you could help me out sometime with it?
03-28-2007, 07:26 PM
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helicoil explained, easy. read this is shows how to helicoil, its easy to do. http://www.roadstarmagazine.com/modu...rticle&sid=233
03-28-2007, 07:33 PM
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as much as i've been ****** up this car already i really think i should take it somewhere to do it ... that or get somone to help me out with it that knows what they are diong ... just don't trust myself anymore .... think a shop would be able to do this for me?
03-28-2007, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by wssexorz
that sounds like alot of work too ... then i would probably have to buy a new gasket too wouldn't i?
03-28-2007, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1IMPULSE
In that case you would need to buy some 8MM X 1.25 Helicoil and re-thread the hole to what it should be.
Exactly. I skipped responsed since this one, btw.
That bolt is grade 3, not that strong either. I had to helicoil -=Modified=-'s block on the lifter tray bolt. Works fine now. I'm not liking how aluminum threads..
Check this thread also. There are a bunch of responses in there about valve tick.. https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...0&page=1&pp=20
-=Modified=-'s MS4 was ticking BAD too. We replaced the lifters and are in the slow process of replacing the oil pump pick up tube O ring and get a pushrod length checker in da mail to find out EXACTLY what length PR's we need. We went and tried three different length sizes and all of them tick. the 7.400's, 7.425's, and 7.375's (I believe, and were the WORST)...
04-16-2007, 03:06 PM
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would it hurt anything to keep the 7.4 pushrods in there ? or should i replace them with the 7.425??? power differences???
have been quoting local shops around here to do the helicoil and they are saying around 200 if they take off the head and everything ...
have been quoting local shops around here to do the helicoil and they are saying around 200 if they take off the head and everything ...
04-17-2007, 09:17 PM
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It's not a matter of power differances. It's a matter of CORRECT Valvetrain geometry.
Get the $20 Push Rod Length Checker and do it the right way.
What size HG again? You 'should' be good w/ the 7.4's unless you changed head gasket thickness. But measure to be sure.
Get the $20 Push Rod Length Checker and do it the right way.
What size HG again? You 'should' be good w/ the 7.4's unless you changed head gasket thickness. But measure to be sure.
