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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 02:31 PM
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i blew my motor maybe a year ago and i finally fired up the new one with a torquer 2 cam on a 112 i put in today couldnt have been more excited. well its running open headers and i only ran it for a minute cause i didint have the radiators on but there wasnt much cam lope is itr casue it was open headers and also it started right up first try and it stayed running it didint die
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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Well if it was a cold start there usually isn't to much lope to them, simply because the idle is higher... Strap your exhaust on & let the idle settle down & enjoy!
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yea thats what i thought im gunna finish it up and bolt the y pipe and cb on. i felt like a kid on christmas when i turned the key
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i cant wait to crank mine...im still a month out.
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its been almost a year for me alot of mess headaches and work but its all worth it
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ours lopes nicely just let the computer settle in
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sounds like me coach, i blew my motor a week before christmas of 06, managed to have all kinds of problems, and finally got it running at the end of october. 2 days before i left for pa its got a couple issues but hopefully i can figure it out when i get back home next month.. good luck!
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Also the lifters need to prime up. All fresh cam installs I have done did not lope untill after they were ran for a little while.
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i cant wait to crank mine...im still a month out.


you will love the MS4
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you will love the MS4
I hope I love mine. I just shoved it in the motor 5 mins ago. Now time to re-assemble, do valvesprings, do the longtube swap, and let it rip! I can't wait!
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