OK, after a long series of events and a big drivers side valve cover leak. my vt stage 1 cams are installed. I just took it for a short 5 min drive at all low rpm and i have a few questions i would like answered before i drive it agian. The motor shakes a bit. Is that normal, because its shaking almost in cycles and its shaking my exhaust a bit too. I followed hotmustangs install instrusctions, and i know the cams went it right and i didnt skip a tooth on the timing chain. The harderst part was getting the cam gear back onto the cam. The leak i was talking about..well here.. this is a pm i sent hotmustang.
hey, just an update on the cam install. I got them in yesterday (wednesday) afternoon and me and my buddy had them in after about 2 hours. getting the cam gear over the new cam was a pita, esp while keeping tension on the chain. anyways, we got everything bolted up again and started it up and it truely sounds amazing, BUT, and a big but, we had an oil leak on the rear of the drivers side valve cover. ahhhhh, i was soo mad! and it was gushing out as i soon realized when i looked into the bay. I went to BED! lol.. today, i removed the leaky cover to find that my buddy and cousin (both working with me), they put the drivers side cover on and completly missed with the alignment of the gasket because when they had it close to on, everything was still in place i assume, but then they knicked the last cam bracket bolt in the bottom corner and tightned it up with a gasket not in place.. it was inside the cover and it never even bent! so I myself didnt know it screwed up when they put it in. also, right on the back side next to the firewall where it was leaking, there was a chip of plastic missing from the valve cover on the inside! wtf!!!!!!! so long story short, im going to see if this works, but me and my dad (the real mechanic) put some black high temp rtv over the little chipped spot connecting it to the gasket nice and thick, installed the gasket mounting thingys (little rubber things), and put the valve cover on. right now all the cover bolts are set in but not tightened all the way down..just a bit. we want the rtv to dry a full day before really tightening. this is what we hope works, i would like some feedback or feeling on what we have done tho. i know i could get a new cover/ gasket but u think this might maybe work???? i hope so, cause damn! the car sounded soo nice when it was running..lol
well now this morning when i ran it, so far i see no leaks and there is nothing dropping onto the ground. i hope the seal is durable and lasts. anyways, just let me know the diffs between how your car idled and ran before and after stg. 1 or equivalent to cams. the shifter shakes more as well. basically, inside everything is pretty shaky, and if thats how its supposed to be, i think thats really cool, but if not. DAMN! time for a shop. thanks :SNSign:
hey, just an update on the cam install. I got them in yesterday (wednesday) afternoon and me and my buddy had them in after about 2 hours. getting the cam gear over the new cam was a pita, esp while keeping tension on the chain. anyways, we got everything bolted up again and started it up and it truely sounds amazing, BUT, and a big but, we had an oil leak on the rear of the drivers side valve cover. ahhhhh, i was soo mad! and it was gushing out as i soon realized when i looked into the bay. I went to BED! lol.. today, i removed the leaky cover to find that my buddy and cousin (both working with me), they put the drivers side cover on and completly missed with the alignment of the gasket because when they had it close to on, everything was still in place i assume, but then they knicked the last cam bracket bolt in the bottom corner and tightned it up with a gasket not in place.. it was inside the cover and it never even bent! so I myself didnt know it screwed up when they put it in. also, right on the back side next to the firewall where it was leaking, there was a chip of plastic missing from the valve cover on the inside! wtf!!!!!!! so long story short, im going to see if this works, but me and my dad (the real mechanic) put some black high temp rtv over the little chipped spot connecting it to the gasket nice and thick, installed the gasket mounting thingys (little rubber things), and put the valve cover on. right now all the cover bolts are set in but not tightened all the way down..just a bit. we want the rtv to dry a full day before really tightening. this is what we hope works, i would like some feedback or feeling on what we have done tho. i know i could get a new cover/ gasket but u think this might maybe work???? i hope so, cause damn! the car sounded soo nice when it was running..lol
well now this morning when i ran it, so far i see no leaks and there is nothing dropping onto the ground. i hope the seal is durable and lasts. anyways, just let me know the diffs between how your car idled and ran before and after stg. 1 or equivalent to cams. the shifter shakes more as well. basically, inside everything is pretty shaky, and if thats how its supposed to be, i think thats really cool, but if not. DAMN! time for a shop. thanks :SNSign: