ok so i have an issue...
my friend just installed m3 cams on his evo...
now when i try to start the car i hear a ticking sound from the passenger side of the car... and it wont crank... well at least he's scared to hold the key on for too long because of the ticking...
he does have a supertech valvetrain on the car... stock ecu, stock turbo...

ANY help would be appreciated... he got fuel and spark and timing is on perfect...

 

I'd say check the timing again and make sure the cam postiton sensor wasnt put in upside down. as for the ticking did you bleed the lifters before the install? cuz that usually causes it

 

the lifters were really dry... how would the cam position sensor get put in upside down????? any one got a pic of it?

 

well the ticking is proly from the lifters filling back up with oil. Mine ticked for 5 minutes and then it was fine, lifters take a few minutes to fill back up if you've bled them.

 

ok but it's weird... it's only form one side of the motor... and the car still wont crank... but all the cams ive done i've never had the ticking thing...
the belt spins and everyhing... but it wont start lol..

 

there's like a cupwasher shaped piece that goes in the other side of the exhaust cam, it can be put in upside down. i did the same thing and my car wouldn't start till i flipped it.

 

ok ill check... but im pretty sure it's in proper...
i was also thinking the crank sensor but i got spark and fuel so i doubt it's broken...

 

aiight let me knoe

 

You did make sure to ground the cam position sensor right? Pull the fuel rail to see if the injectors are spraying (be sure to hold them in). As for the tick, its really loud at first but will go away if the lifters were bleed.

 

yess all that is done... im going to go back and just try to start the car... im running 1000cc so sometime the car takes couple cranks to start... but since i heard the ticking i stop cause im worried i might break something... gonna find out today...

 

ITS ALIVE lol...
ok so i unplugged the coilpack ad the inj... cranked it for 30 sec... plugged it all back up... and it started... BEASTY lol...
i figured the lifters were too dry so it worked out GREAT...