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lol, do roller camshafts come with a hydraulic option? i would have thought a roller cam would have been much better for freeing up revs ?!
lol, just looked up the specs of that cam; http://www.cranecams.com.au/pdfs/holdencams_guidesheet_14-5-07.pdf
hope you have the rest of the setup, i.e. 4000 stall converter, get this; minimum 3.5 gears -4.1 lol. money for fuel much? and my favorite; 10:1 comp ratio MINIMUM.
i would not use that cam, bro. not unless you have a squillion dollars. 4000 grand stall will need to be custom built, 4.1 gears are not that bad, but 10:5.1 comp... not to mention you will need to kit the tranny. im guessing you have a bunch of banananananas, throw that away. ecu and the rest of the blah.
dont use that cam.
But apart from that the other componaints wouldnt need changing would they, and what exactly would i need macheining... thanks
ok a few more questions before i start putting things back together.
with dialing in the cam, how important is this? a lot of people say not to bother. if i dont dial it in, do i just put it to TDC, and then install the gears with 9 links between the marks? is the factory timing chain still right to use? it can always be upgraded later if i decide to dial it in properly at some stage. should i look at cam advancing at all, or just leave it standard?
i also have been reading about running in these cams. after hearing about tyson tearing a lobe off his cam, i know how important this is, but does it only apply to new cams? mine is a few thousand K old, and so are the lifters. they were all in great condition though. the lifters have all been installed in the exact same spots as before (they were numbered). is running the cam in still essential? i was planning on doing it anyway to be on the safe side, and all the components have got cam lube on them.
headgaskets go on dry yes? so that means no sealant or anything on them as it should already be on the gaskets? these are felpro gaskets. sealant is used on the other gaskets, such as oil pump and inlet manifold, etc?