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Old 03-16-2014, 12:04 PM
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I had a real nasty front seal leak, and because of the work involved I am going to do the cam also. I have about 4 hours in so far, another hour and the cam is out. Really sucks in the cold though...






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Ahhh, true gearhead there!! Good luck on the install!

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What kind of new balancer did you buy?
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What kind of new balancer did you buy?
It's a summit racing SFI 25% underdrive, and it's beautiful quality. Great deal at $169.00.
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Good luck with the rest of the swap. Hope everything goes well.
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Old 03-16-2014, 11:16 PM
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Right on!

Bet you can't wait till you get it tuned on the Dyno too!

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It's a summit racing SFI 25% underdrive, and it's beautiful quality. Great deal at $169.00.
Holy crap, I hope you have a bigger pulley for your alternator, I'd be worried about your water pump too as that translates to a 25% reduction in speed on both of those. Why don't you get a small propane heater to run off a BBQ tank?
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I think you mean smaller alternator pulley.A larger one would only turn it slower.
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I think you mean smaller alternator pulley.A larger one would only turn it slower.
Haha, that's what I meant. It was just after midnight, my brain was already asleep.
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9 out of 10 guys who run a UD pulley will never experience any problems with battery charging, over heating, AC function, etc.... I had some reservation so about it when I did my heads/cam engine, but it's been out through hell for 5 yrs now, no issues....In any kind of weather...
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Here's where I'm at...
Just waiting for my GM ASA cam to show tommorow!!!!






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Everything looks good and nice and clean too - waiting for the re-install!

You know the specs on the new cam?

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Everything looks good and nice and clean too - waiting for the re-install!

You know the specs on the new cam?

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Thanks. The ASA cam is easy on the Valvetrain, with only .525 lift , but has 226 intake and 236 exhaust duration. The lobe center is 110. It's an Awsome cam that makes killer torque, but is dirty, real choppy idle, and supposed to be hard to tune. It also fits the budget.
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Thanks. The ASA cam is easy on the Valvetrain, with only .525 lift , but has 226 intake and 236 exhaust duration. The lobe center is 110. It's an Awsome cam that makes killer torque, but is dirty, real choppy idle, and supposed to be hard to tune. It also fits the budget.
WOW! 110 Lobe center!

Torque for sure and gotcha on the budget

Really looking forward to seeing the final tuning results, nice work thus far buddy!

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Did this two plus years ago, no where near 110 LSA, mine is 113. My car jigles at idle, you car is literally gonna rock!
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damn that is too damn cold! good work!
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