What would happen if you just slapped the roller cam in on a late 80's 350 without dialing it in? Is it possible to get lucky and have everything just be ok even though it wasnt? Or would it always be kind of close, but just not correct?

 

The chances are very good that if all you did was align the timing marks on the crank and cam sprockets, the cam timing will be just fine.

 

i have to agree as long as u have the dot on the crack sprocket at 12 o'clock and the cam sproket on 6 o'clock u should be fine but if ur puting a bigger cam the timing on the distributer will be different


o yea does any one know about oil pressure??

 

Thanks guys...I havent built a motor in about 5 years and Im a bit rusty on things. So occasionally I wake up screaming in the middle of the night panicing over something :-p I aligned the marks and its a stock(close enough) 350 roller cam. Just wanted to verify.