Irish350

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yeah.. so.. is it? i was just watching horsepower on spike, and they were doing heads and a cam on an LS2, and said to only use engine oil to lube it, and my new cam is sitting in my block with assembly lube on all the lobes and whatnot..... please tell me i dont have to pull off my pan and cover, and chain again... ill cry...

SincalT/A

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if you prime the motor before start up then dont worry.

seawolf06

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You'll be fine. You only need oil on a HR cam, but if you use too light of a weight and it's hot outside, all that oil might be gone by the time you get the motor started up. It's better to use lube, IMO.

Why are you listening to those guys anyway? They're just a couple douchebags that read from scripts and only use parts from companies that pay advertising dollars.

Irish350

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lol, they still know more about it than i do

and thats true, had i used normal oil it would have been long dry.. waiting on my fuckign headers before i put my heads etc back on..

how do you prime the engine?

383LT1S10

I bet they still know more about cars and fabrication than half the people on this site, including you.

SincalT/A

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you need a drill 3/8 chuck is fine and a oil pump priming shaft.you can get the priming shaft at autozone or a similar chain store.you may need a right angle drill if the motor is in the car.install the shaft where the oil pump drive is which is under the intake manifold.also check the oil pump drive for irregular wear.then spin the drive shaft w/ the drill until you bring oil up on to the rockers.i also recommend turning the crank a couple times while doing this.

Irish350

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well theres no oil in it, as of now... so is that the last thing i do before putting the manifold back on? i assumed id put in all the fluids once everything was bolted together.

SincalT/A

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i put the oil into the lifter valley before priming.use standard oil like kendall and only run the car till it gets to operating tempature mabe 10 min. then change the oil out.

383LT1S10

I primed mine before the intake went on and rotated the engine while lubing it.

Irish350

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yeah, just to break it in...

i know in general what im doing... but i could use someone who knows what theyre doing lol

SincalT/A

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since you know in general whats going on,and i dont know **** looks like your ready to go good luck!

96capricemgr

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Cam lube is meant for FLAT TAPPETS has nothing to do with hydraulic or solid. Flat tappets need to rotate in their bores, cam assembly lube is meant to help facilitate that and break in the cam. Roller cams have no breaking and doing a "cam breakin" is actually contradictory too proper ring breakin so it should not be done on a roller motor.

Irish350

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lol, i said i know in general, cause im counting on YOU GUYS for the specifics, i didnt start this thread with the aspiration of telling people who are helping me that i know more than them

on the instructions that came with my cam, theres a section called "cam break in procedure", it says to bring the rpms up to 2-2.5k for 30 minutes...

will using assembly lube be detrimental to the overall performance/longevity of a hydraulic roller cam?

SincalT/A

iTrader: (16)

Sorry,about that post then.The break in procedure that you speak of is for flat tappet.Rollers require no break in.IMO you will be fine w/the assembly lube they just use that to insure a clean wear pattern on a flat tappet cam.It only stays on the cam for a few seconds upon start up then it is washed out by the oil.

socal

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your fine, I've primed motors by just leaving the coil disconnected and turning the motor over with the starter (no more that 30 sec and 1 min cool down) till i got press then fired it up.

96capricemgr

iTrader: (1)

That is a generic card that blindly gets thrown in the box. Frankly that is hell on valvesprings too not just detrimental to ring seal on a new motor.

ZONES89RS

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Personally on a roller i will lube the cam journals on the bump stick, but it is not a must for a roller.

Irish350

iTrader: (14)

okay, so the final verdict is to prime it and its fine, but dont break it in?

ZONES89RS

iTrader: (25)

Slap it together with stop smke treatment and itll be fine.

seawolf06

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Then it's even more pathetic that they're doing such a crappy show.

Irish, I think you'd be good with priming it. Make sure you have good oil pressure the first time you start it up as well and do an oil change asap to get out the dirt and such that's sure to get into the motor. Good Luck.