Installing the BIG STICK for "The Poor Man's 427"
February 12, 2006 at 8:31 AM
You are
in for a Kick Azz Issue of "The Poor Man's 427". You've heard the
saying "walk softly but carry a big stick". Well, we have one to
install today! Here we go:
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those that haven't seen the cam card before, here you go! YES, we're going to run this on the street with our
high compression ratio! Why not...we have it! |
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| Here are
the valve springs for this guy...but we'll get to that in the
future issues. |
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| Take a
look at this beautiful thing...that is one hell of a stick!
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I want to thank ol' Tommy-T for the parts
for "The Poor Man's 427". He donated the pistons, roller
cam,
roller lifters, springs, and headers for the car! I will thank
others as we go on with the other issues for this project!
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Next we apply some assembly
lube to the cam journals on this killer stick of
ours! |
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Next,
you want to install the cam with the pin facing toward the front
of the block.
CAUTION: Be very careful when installing
the cam in the block. Take your time and don't force it in! You
can damage a cam bearing when installing! |
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| Here we
have the thrust plate we're going to use for our project.
This is the order of install. |
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| We use
assembly lube for the roller bearing before we install it.
CAUTION: Make sure you dummy up everything. We had to
shave .090" off the back side of the cam gear (when using a
roller thrust plate)! Sorry I didn't show that part of it.
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| I used
an impact driver to install the thrust plate on this guy. I used
the stock screws for the install.
Note: You can use a
stock thrust plate. Roller cams don't walk like a solid cam does.
We didn't need to use a roller plate but we had it to use.
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| Make
sure that the key is installed on the crank! |
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Next you
can install the timing-chain setup. Line up the marks on the
upper and lower gears to get you started on degreeing the cam. (It
might get you close...or I should say maybe a good starting
point).
CAUTION: Do not run the cam this way until
you degree it in! I will show you how to do that in the next
issue. |
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Next use assembly lube on the
roller lifters before install. |
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| Go ahead
and install into the lifter bores. |
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In the next issue I will show how to degree
the cam
in using two methods! I hope this has been real helpful for you
guys! If you have any questions PLEASE shoot me an e-mail or give me a
call. KWADAMS@CHARTER.NET,
home # 541-882-5177, cell #
541-331-1484. Thanks to everyone on this forum! What a great
place to be! |
