what is this knocking?!
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i have a forged 383 stroker and i had taken the motor/trans out of the car due to something that fell down into the oil pan. i got whats i needed out and put new gaskits on about everything but the heads. i had the msd optispark off to replace timing chain gaskit and seal for optispark shaft. anyways i got the motor back in and went to start it and it wouldnt start. i checked spark and fuel and both of those were good.. so i asked my brother who is very fimiliar with this car and he said well if u have intake, spark, gas, compression it should run so he suggested that maybe i put the optispark on wrong....sure enough it was...when i put the optispark on i wasnt paying attention to how i was putting it in.. well turns out i put it in wrong and stripped the the tooth that is wide and that fits in the slot in the cam. but i can see were it is stripped. so i take a needle and stick it in the end of the cam to get a good idea were the slot is and then try to line the stripped tooth in the slot. well i have had it off several time and half the time i would miss the slot and it wouldnt run. sometimes i would put it in and it would just backfire, and sometimes start but sounds terrible. and there it a couple times where i think i got it in perfect and it starts right up but has a terrrible knock! but idles fine just has a terrible knock. anyone have an idea? bad optispark? and even when i unplug the coil and just turn it over it sounds like there is a little knock? but it ran perfectly before i took the motor out. and no the part that got dropped into the oil pan there motor never ran when it fell so that couldnt have messed up the motor
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If I pull the opti apart will I be able to see I the internal damage or will I not be able to tell? And I don't am100% positive the plugs are right because I have checked to
Make sure those are on right over and over
Make sure those are on right over and over