quickly. last fall i started a mod frenzy and im unsure if all my parts "match up" so to start here is my current list. tfs track heat intake (upper and lower), tfs tw heads 170cc, 1.6 roller rockers, tfs .499/.510 221/225 cam, 30lb injectors, walbro 255, bbk long tubes, egr delete, stock fuel rails, adjustable fpr, 90mm maf cald for 30lb inj, 65mm tb, custom tune by motorvation, fidanza flywheel. all of this on a stock bottom
end. now here is where my big problem happened. last weekend i installed my new pete jackson gear drive. drove the car from the shop where i work home afterwards without a problem. the next day i left my house to get the car dyno
tuned cause the motorvation tune was junk and before i got around the block the car shut down. i pulled it home with a tow strap using my fusion (comedy) as i pulled the front cover off i found that the cam bolt had backed out and the gear
came off and broke off the dowel that goes into the cam as well. ooo man. trying to not be late for my appt i go straight to autozone and pick up new front cover
gaskets and i hurried to install the old timing chain and sprockets. now try not to laugh at my stupidity but understand i was deperate and have no idea what i was thinking, but i took the cam dowel and pushed what was left of it back into
the hole on the cam. i then bolted everything back up as normal. this time i used locktite and torqued the hell out of the cam bolt. when i tried to start the car it didnt want to fire and when it did i heard a very metallicy popping sound. i immediately shut it off and canceled my appt. first thing i thought was that upon
start up the cam sprocket spun and went out of time, but what i dont know is if this would cause the valves to kiss the pistons. basically i dont know if the valves are able to be fully opened at tdc with my lift. because i also noticed that when i pulled my distributor, the part of the block that looks like a circle with a hole in it for the oil pump shaft was broken away. this was a pretty big piece and im sure its in my oil pan. i havnt had time to pull the engine this week, but if anybody has had this happen or maybe if you have some insight on what has happened to me i would greatly appreciate any advice. im kind of a rookie with gas engines as i am a diesel only tech. (plenty mechanically talented though) just need some knowledge on this end of things. please HELP