Yep, the car is running good now. No leaks or anything. There is a little more power than before, its deffinitely noticeable, but what is most noticable is the exhaust note.

I just have to bost my car every time I want to start it, my timing is a little off I think. Not a big deal, I have a timing light, Just need to set it and all will be well with the world.

I am sooooo happy, I accomplished what I set out to do.

 

congrats! now get it to the track to see what a cam with an otherwise stock motor will run


later
tim

 

Yea, I think we're all curious about exactly what gains changing the cam only will give.

So when ya gonna it up the 1320?

 

I never had before times, but I guess you people sorta know how the stock engine performs.

The cam did make a noticable difference, and I advanced the timing about 4-5 degrees, it made a pretty good difference too.

I have a rocker ticking, so I have to readjust it. Oh yeah, and the bitch is on the passanger side too.. you know, the side that takes forever to get to because of all the smog ****. Yeah, thats the one... ARGH!

 

Good job, Sonar!!!! How's it feel to have "done it yourself"?!?!?!?:rockon:

 

Oh man Nitro, you wouldn't believe it. It feeeeellss soooo goood!!!

The first day, I had a little help, and all I really got off was the intake and the water pump. Everything else, I did pretty much myself. I am so proud of myself today, you shoulda seen the HUGE smirk on my face when I first started the car and it ran. The smirk just got bigger and bigger when I realized there were no leaks of any kind, and everything was running up to par.

 

thats sweet you got it all up and running.

 

so how much money did it end up costing all together?? i plan on the LT1 cam swap before i get the new crate motor this summer...the 305 will probably go in a S-10...may try to get heads for it and go carb before sticking it in a s-10

 

Lets dig out the receipts

LT1 Cam: $35 w/ Shipping

Loans:

Harmonic Balancer Puller $15
Torque Wrench $90

Gaskets:

The Right Stuff $13
Valve Cover $14
Thermostat $3
Intake $16.50
Timing Cover $17
TBI Gasket $5.50

Misc:

Steel Wool $2
Freon $6 X 4 Bottles (I didn't get the oil yet)
Antifreeze $5.50 (need 2 bottles, I only got 1)
Brake Cleaner $2.50
Auto Towels $2
Hose clamps $2
Assembly Lube $8
Oil/Filters $15

Stuff for broken things:

Coolant Temp Sensor $12
Misc Vacuum Tubing/Connectors $9.50
Lower Radiator Hose $7.50
Timing Chain $24

All in all (including rentals) You need at least..

<B>336.31</B> In your bank account

Ugh, I feel sick to my stomach..

On the bright side, while looking through my receipts.. looks like I got my thermostat for free!! yay.

 

Hey, man, that's a great price for a cam swap. Imagine what it woulda cost at the dealer!!! Great job. We're prouda ya! Oh, I know how you could've saved ninety bucks. Throw that torque wrench in the trash! A Lexus tech I know just torques the bolts down with a regular rachet and says 'click click' when he thinks he's reached the proper torque spec! He hasn't had a leaky head or intake manifold yet, and he's built A LOT of engines. Ha, ha. Just something to think about.

 

When you've done a lot of motors, you can probably get away with that. But I think we've covered that this is Sonar_un's first huge project. A torque wrench is cheap insurance against overtightening and possibly breaking bolts and warping the intake manifold, or undertightining and having them back out later on down the road after a few heat cycles. And it was a loaner anyway, so he wouldn't really have saved the money, would he? Good job dude. Now you can help out the newbies that everyone else is too good to help.

 

We're just exhausted explaining it over and over and over...
Now somebody else can do that until I get back into the swing of things.

 

GOOD FOR YOU!
IMO if you can do a cam swap and get it running, you can do anything to your motor now. The reason I say this is because now you can understand the timing in the engine. (valve timing, distributer timing) If you can install a cam in time with the crank,(not to difficult ) and the distributer correctly,(a little trickier ) just about everything else is just turning bolts.

One question. I'm a little dense and can't understand your user name. What does it all mean?

 

Glad to see that everything worked out for the best. Now any other mod's that you do will just work that much better.

Header's anyone? LOL

And you and me both need to do the TOPIC OF THE WEEK.


Later

 

Well, the thing with the torque wrench, is that I can bring the sucker back and get all 90 bucks for it. I don't have too much of a problem with that

My user name, ahhh yes, the mystery. what is UN anyway. Well, I used to run a website called Unreal Nation. Thats where the UN comes from. I left Unreal Nation a LONG time ago, and just kept the UN becuase if I register my name just about anywhere, there is a Sonar.