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Old 04-20-2011, 10:02 PM
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Are the lobes hitting the casting on the cyl head?
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^ that's what it looks like to me. i still think BC accidentally send you the wrong cam
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na the lobes are not hitting i thought the same thing at first but i tripled checked everything. also just got off the phone with brain crower and the journal dimensions he gave me were the same that i have. i dont have the stock cams that came off this head so i dont know if they sit the same way in the head. When i put the caps on and only hand tight, also with no valve train i cant get them to rotate unless i use two hands and even that is rough.
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i feel like throwing the head at my car lol .
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BTW the cams wont just lay down in the journals. You have to compress them down with the caps.
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(This is because the valve springs are pushing them up)
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Old 04-20-2011, 11:02 PM
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are you sure you have each cap on its correct journal?
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ok thendawg is going to sell me the cams that came off this head so i guess i will see when i receive them. Also this head cam out bench flowing some really good numbers after everything was done. So port and polish and a angle job on a tc should be a huge improvement.
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damn i got plenty of cams an hour north should have hit me up
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^^^ damn I wish u answers earlier I actually bought the drag radials from u a while ago
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Originally Posted by thendawg
BTW the cams wont just lay down in the journals. You have to compress them down with the caps.

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^^ I took he valve train out to see if they lay in right and the don't,
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Also I can't get them to move with the caps on and no valve train in the head, to get it to move I need to put alot of force. I don't have the stock cams to verify if it supposed to be this hard to move
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are you sure you have each cap on its correct journal?
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^^^ yea the were In the exhaust bag with the bearing that thendawg sent me. And I face all the arrows towards the chain side
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Thanks for the help man, but as soon as I get the stock cams I can really tell how they felt (trying to rotate them wise. I just can't wait to get this on the car.
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