Slade88
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Hey everyone, I’ve made a couple posts here about my cam swap I did on my truck. Well I finally got it idling 950 rpm in park with a rough idle, 550 in gear when the truck is hardly in motion and 1000 when the truck is moving very fast down the road with my foot off the gas.
Timing is set at about 8 degrees very close to 0 degrees TDC.
It’s running a little more hot then usual but it keeps a consistent temperature.
My gas pedal feels more stiff then usual and vibrates when I press on the gas, the whole car vibrates past 1000 rpms and backfires slightly at 3000 rpm, I have a little less power then usual but my power band has definitely moved up in the rpm’s
I have 2 pretty bad exhaust leaks from where the headers connect to the exhaust pipes which I assume is causing some of my issues
When I rev the engine is park at high rpm it blows black smoke which looks like unburnt fuel
My engine also shakes a lot at idle when I pop the hood, a lot more then usual
I have a feeling it’s running rich and not burning all the fuel because my gas mileage has gotten significantly worse as well.
Is it safe to drive before I fix all this? Like it won’t damage anything driving it?
I don’t expect my truck to run as smooth as it did with the stock cam but this is kinda ridiculous how bad it seems to run now.
I have my check engine light on and plan to pull the codes in a couple hours
Could this just be my computer acting up with the new hardware? It’s not that big of a cam
Thanks!
Timing is set at about 8 degrees very close to 0 degrees TDC.
It’s running a little more hot then usual but it keeps a consistent temperature.
My gas pedal feels more stiff then usual and vibrates when I press on the gas, the whole car vibrates past 1000 rpms and backfires slightly at 3000 rpm, I have a little less power then usual but my power band has definitely moved up in the rpm’s
I have 2 pretty bad exhaust leaks from where the headers connect to the exhaust pipes which I assume is causing some of my issues
When I rev the engine is park at high rpm it blows black smoke which looks like unburnt fuel
My engine also shakes a lot at idle when I pop the hood, a lot more then usual
I have a feeling it’s running rich and not burning all the fuel because my gas mileage has gotten significantly worse as well.
Is it safe to drive before I fix all this? Like it won’t damage anything driving it?
I don’t expect my truck to run as smooth as it did with the stock cam but this is kinda ridiculous how bad it seems to run now.
I have my check engine light on and plan to pull the codes in a couple hours
Could this just be my computer acting up with the new hardware? It’s not that big of a cam
Thanks!