Thread: Cam install...How many installed themselves

Originally Posted by sseilmnop

Do you no why they make more than one type of car? Same reason they make more than one type of cam. People have different opinions and want different things out if there car.

"Go big or go home"

Blanket statements sound cool but don't mean anything.

It means something when you try and compare a cam that you can nearly reach peak lift #'s with 1.95 rollers...and he already has rockers last I checked. So if he is going to be running the rockers with the VS, I hope he knows he can't exceed .550~ peak lift on the stock valve guides.

Furthermore; You can run the same valve springs, the same retainers, and see more gains from an S1X, XP, or even a custom grind...more flow = more room for extra timing/leaner AFR/smaller pulley...which increases the gains even more over just the difference in the grind.

Not saying you can't do it on a VS but there are other options.

i like the VS cam for most mild builds. it's proven to make some power with the right combination of other parts.

Ok guys i looked online at Homedepot.com and found a store nearby that sold the M6 x 1.00 x ~75mm bolts. I went to autozone and got a few wide washers and doubled them on the ends. Should i thicken the washers up?

Nah..that's fine.

A cam install tool is great. Try to get a hold of a used cam bolt and weld it to a pipe or rod. Makes it go all so smooth.

Got the old cam out and new cam in today. Started putting everything back together and just need to reinstall the Harmonic balancer. How do i install the harmonic balancer back on?

push a little by hand. wiggle it into the keyway BY HAND. then, and only then can you drive the crank bolt back in with your impact.

What if I don't have an impact?

Same way you got it loose.

Cool. Thanks. I was worried the bolt or thread might strip.

You aren't stripping those. Trust me. I've reused one about 10 times.

Don't forget everything going back on needs to be torqued.

The Harmonic balancer bolt for example gets 150 Nm (111 ft. lbs.) .

LOL I torque the balancer with my impact. That's the only bolt I don't torque.

Yep so far i torqued everything down with my torque wrench.

Originally Posted by sseilmnop

Same way you got it loose.

This.

Or get a massive breaker bar and crank down on it as hard as you can.

We've hit that thing with hundreds of psi before and just reused the bolt with loctite.

It's a 3800, hell we even re-used cam bolts.

It doesn't care.

awww he didn't take a picture of his timing dots

Done with the install. Heres the start up and idle.

VS Cam install done. 2000 Supercharged L67 Impala - YouTube

Nice...how hard was install for you.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Tapatalk 2

Man hard enough that it took me 4 days lol. I either didn't have all the necessary tunes and had to keep going to autone zone to get the correct sockets, hammer, coolant elbows, oil, filter, coolant etc lol. But foreal though it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. As long as you follow the install instructions word for word.....it can be done. Took 4 days because it was my first time digging below the LIM but ill get the hang of it as i do more installs in the future.