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Old Mar 29, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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I just did a tsp stage 2.5 head and ms3 install and with just a base mail order tune from speed inc. the motor really shakes. Is this normal? It does seem a bit rich but I did not expect it to shake like this. Everything seems o.k driving and idling. I am scheduled to go on the dyno on the 13th. Do you think it will smooth out at the dyno? I had it on a gm code scanner and it showed nothing wrong, no misfires, but it idles like it misfires? Any help or info will be appreciated. Sorry wrong topic, Yeah I'm a newbie, maybe a moderater can move this to the LS1 engine.

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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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big cams like to shake things. solid or urthene mounts solve this
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 11:10 AM
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^ +1 my car shakes quite a bit after the MS4 cam... HAHA when i first started the car up after putting in the cam (pre any tune) I forgot to plug in the driver side coil pack connection and wow did the whole car shake?
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We started my car on the trailor the other day, and it was making the truck shake like it had a cam...lol, big cams just make the motor want to just JUMP out of the engine bay
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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Big cams and the shakes good together especially in the lower rpm range around idle. If you have no codes I would not worry about it to much, plus when you get a dyno tune you can set your idle a little higher to smooth things out if you choose.
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