cam install help please!!!

rugster said:

I am installing my VT Stage 1 cams and have everything bolted up but when i go to spin the crank with a wrench a piston is hitting a valve somewhere. All my timing marks line up perfectly, no tooth jumping in the chains, no problems during install. anyone have any ideas?

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Well considering there is a lot of play in the stock cam gears, you could very well have PTV and have installed the cams the short-cut way without issue. It is problems like yours were had you taken the time to degree the cams in, you would know exactly where they are timed at, you would know if there was any PTV, and if you can not turn it over, it is likely the compression stroke.

I hope for you sake it is the compression stroke and not PTV. If it is PTV, you will have to take it all apart again to fix the issue. If that is the case you would have been better off degreeing the cams from the start. Do not crank the car over to confirm if it has PTV or not until you are absolutely positive it is not PTV.

Edit: What I mean by play in the stock cam gears is that the stock cam timing can vary greatly. Ford did not use a very tight tolerance on the stock cam gears.

rugster said:

Well its torn apart as it sits so I would have no problem degreeing the cams...anyone have a write-up on where I can find out how to do this? As it sits the front timing cover is off, the valve covers are off and shes pretty bare so it shouldn't be too difficult I'm hoping. Anyone know of some instructions on degreeing the cams?

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=degreeing+cams+mustang

M-o-d-u-l-a-r-D-e-p-o-t,

Has a couple of good threads in the 2V section regarding degreeing cams.

Are you sure its not in gear? I did this once or twice....