OK ... not a 'Stang ...

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ColdCougar

2010 Best Non-Mustang
#221
#221
OK new news for Franki

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and the story but I'll paste here too ... I feel like such a rookie :rolleyes: :nono:
so ... I found out ... the hard way ... that when you put in a new cam you should research your cam's lift and the tolerences of the stock stuff. Turns out that a stock cleveland's cam has lift of .400 on both the intake ands exhaust valves. The stock springs bind (or become solid) at .480(ish). My Lunati Voodoo cam has lift of .524 on the intake and .540 on the exhaust. OK so that explains the stuff that had been happening in my valve train. New springs were ordered from Alex's Parts on Ebay on THURSDAY (616.2011) and were delivered today (Monday 6/20/2011) LET THE FUN BEGIN!!

Good news is so far it doesnt look like there is anything major wrong, save for a collapsed lifter.
 
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NYstang

Well-Known Member
#226
#226
ColdCougar said:
OK new news for Franki

Pictures

and the story but I'll paste here too ... I feel like such a rookie :rolleyes: :nono:
so ... I found out ... the hard way ... that when you put in a new cam you should research your cam's lift and the tolerences of the stock stuff. Turns out that a stock cleveland's cam has lift of .400 on both the intake ands exhaust valves. The stock springs bind (or become solid) at .480(ish). My Lunati Voodoo cam has lift of .524 on the intake and .540 on the exhaust. OK so that explains the stuff that had been happening in my valve train. New springs were ordered from Alex's Parts on Ebay on THURSDAY (616.2011) and were delivered today (Monday 6/20/2011) LET THE FUN BEGIN!!

Good news is so far it doesnt look like there is anything major wrong, save for a collapsed lifter.
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ColdCougar said:
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OH and for the record .... FOOKIN RAIN :mad:
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:p
 
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ColdCougar

2010 Best Non-Mustang
#228
#228
OK ... all of the springs are replaced ... replaced the lifter that was bad (pictures to follow later tonight) and all of the rest of the lifters look good ... I DO want to check the cam lobe more closely where the bad lifter was but reassembly should start soon.
 
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ColdCougar

2010 Best Non-Mustang
#231
#231
ok not so nice ... the same valve that had the bad lifter (and one of the brokem valves from the last engine) has another bad lifter ... I will have to disassemble and check but Im pretty sure the cam is bad ... ): ...
 
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92BIGREDBEAST

Well-Known Member
#233
#233
ColdCougar said:
ok not so nice ... the same valve that had the bad lifter (and one of the brokem valves from the last engine) has another bad lifter ... I will have to disassemble and check but Im pretty sure the cam is bad ... ): ...
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Sooot. That stinks. Keep on the pos side. You dont have fuel injection and all the yadda yadda stuff us FI guys have. It is a pain to keep tearin stuff apart but in the same time it cold be worse. Gonna go new cam and lifters this time around?
 
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ColdCougar

2010 Best Non-Mustang
#240
#240
long story short ... I had stock vavle springs in the engine and the newer cams needed higher lift ... everytime I got on it it degraded a little because the springs were binding ... I need a new cam
 
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