Well doing the 272 deed tommorow night, last words of advice?
Oh yeah, the cam gear bolts can be a b*tch to crack loose. If you have someone helping you, it should be pretty easy. It can be pretty dramatic though. hehe.. I've done enough cam swaps on DSMs to be able to crack them loose by myself. It just takes the proper balance. I use a breaker bar on the cam gear bolt and a crescent wrench w/ a pipe on the cam.
yeah..i hope it will go smooth, im not really worried about anything except my tension rod tool i am making..I have air tools and all that good stuff to use as well. Impact gun, etc. When putting the rockers back on, there is no way for them to be put on wrong or crooked or anything like that?? Oh and GTevo...no, its a group dyno day thing i will be doing at Dyno4mance, 5 runs with a/f for like 65 bucks, so i figure i can get it tuned alittle with that many runs. And also, a wideband is on the list of things to get, but i will be purchasing the Zeitronix wideband which is a little under 300 dollars. My uncle has it on his STi and it is nice.
Originally Posted by 93civEJ1
yeah..i hope it will go smooth, im not really worried about anything except my tension rod tool i am making..I have air tools and all that good stuff to use as well. Impact gun, etc. When putting the rockers back on, there is no way for them to be put on wrong or crooked or anything like that?? Oh and GTevo...no, its a group dyno day thing i will be doing at Dyno4mance, 5 runs with a/f for like 65 bucks, so i figure i can get it tuned alittle with that many runs. And also, a wideband is on the list of things to get, but i will be purchasing the Zeitronix wideband which is a little under 300 dollars. My uncle has it on his STi and it is nice.
Very Nice
I followed the Evomoto instructions and everything went smooth. This may sound really stupid but remember when you torque the valve cover bolts that the measurement is in inch pounds not foot pounds!
Craig
Craig
Originally Posted by freedom
Pulling fuse #1 under the dash disables the coils.
Originally Posted by 93civEJ1
When putting the rockers back on, there is no way for them to be put on wrong or crooked or anything like that??
Originally Posted by marksae
Actually I have put a rocker back on slightly crooked before. One thing you should do after you got your cams installed is to rotate your engine manually by turning the crank through the crank pulley using a breaker bar . Rotate it at least 6 times to make sure everything is kosher.
...and two sets of eyes are better.
I also used evomoto instructions and was pretty Much on target,good instructions...
The main bolts holding the gears are a pain in the butt,even with a huge breaker bar pipe it was a pain...
Careful when the bolts when they break loose it will sound like you broke something.
Last thing is the tensioner,it was funny because my buddy is like we wont need a tensioner tool if you do the install quickly since it takes the tesioner awhile before moving...well guess what the second bolts to the cam gear was almost welded on man that thing took us 10 minutes,as you guessed it in that time the tensioner totally tightened up the belts....
Started to look around and found the perfect bolt,if you have a beach cruiser or other bike the bolt that holds the handle bars in place fits perfect,all we did is provide a slight chamfer,lubed and it worked...
I dont recommend it but if you dont have any other options you can use that or a 1G battery holder rod
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Even with my 264's the idle is a bit lopey only sometimes but then the ecu adjusts and its normal... I can imagine the 272's will be lopey all the time..I also did the ARP's since I was there and cycled torqued them about 8 times....funny cause some of the bolts did move untill the 5th time...............
I felt a huge power increase down low which is why i chose 264's I want all out torque.......
I know you will love them..Good Luck
The main bolts holding the gears are a pain in the butt,even with a huge breaker bar pipe it was a pain...
Careful when the bolts when they break loose it will sound like you broke something.
Last thing is the tensioner,it was funny because my buddy is like we wont need a tensioner tool if you do the install quickly since it takes the tesioner awhile before moving...well guess what the second bolts to the cam gear was almost welded on man that thing took us 10 minutes,as you guessed it in that time the tensioner totally tightened up the belts....
Started to look around and found the perfect bolt,if you have a beach cruiser or other bike the bolt that holds the handle bars in place fits perfect,all we did is provide a slight chamfer,lubed and it worked...
I dont recommend it but if you dont have any other options you can use that or a 1G battery holder rod
..Even with my 264's the idle is a bit lopey only sometimes but then the ecu adjusts and its normal... I can imagine the 272's will be lopey all the time..I also did the ARP's since I was there and cycled torqued them about 8 times....funny cause some of the bolts did move untill the 5th time...............
I felt a huge power increase down low which is why i chose 264's I want all out torque.......
I know you will love them..Good Luck
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<OT warning>
The car was properly and safely tuned with a wideband on a dyno, but I did turn the boost up a bit. I figured the stock head bolts would make it a couple of months but it looks like two hard track days (road racing) did them in.
I'm in the process of figuring out what I'm going to do next. I don't really want to put a new headgasket in and in 6 months pull the head to port it; I may end up porting it now. </OT>
Good luck with your cam project!
Originally Posted by marksae
How much boost were you running when your headgasket let go? How was your car tuned? Detonation will kill your hg faster than anything.
I'm in the process of figuring out what I'm going to do next. I don't really want to put a new headgasket in and in 6 months pull the head to port it; I may end up porting it now. </OT>
Good luck with your cam project!
Just to reiterate what others have said about the cam gear bolts...
Make sure you've got a good breaker bar for the cam gear bolts AND something to hold the camshaft while you're breaking them loose. Without the right leverage on the cam to hold it steady it can be bear, especially if working alone.
Make sure you've got a good breaker bar for the cam gear bolts AND something to hold the camshaft while you're breaking them loose. Without the right leverage on the cam to hold it steady it can be bear, especially if working alone.