BoominSVX
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Ok guys, I'm in the middle of all this now and I have some questions. The cam, Water pump, Oil pan gaskets, Timing cover, Rear main, Header gaskets and everything I would want to check when freshening up an engine are all here. I went out back and started kicking around in the pine needles. Sure enough, a set of pace setter headers were buried down there. I grabbed an old fish tank, some rebar, and a charger. Threw it all in with some salt, and let electrolysis take over for a bit. I'd never get in to those tight spaces with a wire brush or even a sandblaster from all angles. Sure enough they came right back. I'll attach some pics of that. Now, I know the top end was recently gone through. All new stuff from the head gaskets up, and I clean EVERYTHING when I get that far in to a job. The bottom end seems great. Timing chain had a little slack but not much. All in all I have no worries.Today, I started hunting for info regarding cam timing on the L31. Quite a bit of info to take in using tools I'm not ultimately familiar with. The Cloyes roller timing chain set that I ordered has 3 possible marks. Stock, 3 degrees advanced, and 3 degrees retarded if I recall. One way is the oem timing. One gives some low end grunt (I like that idea) and one gives high RPM horsepower. Does anybody have any experience with this? I haven't played with it much, but I have about 32 other things to research tonight including a random cylinder misfire in a 6.0 LQ4 that has me stumped. Should I mess with the cam timing with the 395 going in? Will it cause ping? Hurt fuel? Run hotter? what's the side effect of doing so? I only ask because somewhere out there, somebody knows exactly what the answers are, and I don't. Also, anybody ever done a cam swap without pulling lifters? Knowing everything is nice up there from the recent top end work, I'd like to avoid ripping the valve train back down. I still can't even get a definitive answer on whether or not to torque the rocker bolts or adjust to zero lash. When I rebuilt, it was torque to so many ft lbs in my haynes book. Now everyone talks about zero lash, but I find guys that "Can't zero lash without rockers loosening up". Ugghh. Also, can anyone tell me why my APN settings on cyanogenmod will either give me spark service or working MMS but not both? Yea, guess I'll have to hunt that one out too. Lets learn linux today while we're at it. Bug reports never work anymore. I'm also looking for a radiator for a 1953 john deere 50 if anyone has one laying around. It won't hold coolant long enough to plow the way it is. Got cold here this winter. (See why I ask you guys about cam phasing?) ;-)
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And yes, I'll weld the o2 sensor bung closed and add on a small pipe from the collector for the EGR. Still waiting for my argon tank to come back from pressure testing.