- May 9, 2011
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Alright my buddy has a 2001 GT mustang which we just did a cam job in. We installed Stage 2 Comp cams with all necessary supporting mods, including: upgraded Comp valve springs, Comp retainers, TrickFlow Lifters, Comp cams adjustable cam gears, new timing chains, and new tensioners. (Rockers still stock because it was only a stage 2 cam, so the stock ones suffice). As far as we are concerned, we did the job in the right order, torqued every bolt to spec, lubed every necessary part, did an oil change pre-startup, and put everything back together correctly.
When we went to start the car for the first time after the job, it turned over and started almost immediately. The problem we encountered is this, however: once started, a loud ticking noise immediately started coming from the passenger side of the car, very audible from the engine bay but not from the back of the car. It ticks with the RPM of the car, AKA gets faster as RPM increases. It is definitely coming from the valvetrain, but we are out of ideas as to what it could be. BTW, we started the car, let it idle until warm, brought it to 3000 RPMs for a minute, shut the car off, let it cool, and started it again. (This is the manufacturer's recommended procedure for removing lifter tick after reassembly, which we thought it was)
Does anyone have any solid idea as to what the noise is and how to go about getting rid of it?
When we went to start the car for the first time after the job, it turned over and started almost immediately. The problem we encountered is this, however: once started, a loud ticking noise immediately started coming from the passenger side of the car, very audible from the engine bay but not from the back of the car. It ticks with the RPM of the car, AKA gets faster as RPM increases. It is definitely coming from the valvetrain, but we are out of ideas as to what it could be. BTW, we started the car, let it idle until warm, brought it to 3000 RPMs for a minute, shut the car off, let it cool, and started it again. (This is the manufacturer's recommended procedure for removing lifter tick after reassembly, which we thought it was)
Does anyone have any solid idea as to what the noise is and how to go about getting rid of it?