Can Anyone Help With A9l?

The fact that it sounds different now has me wondering if he sheared the dowel pin off the cam or something crazy like that

Dont you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby!!!

In all seriousness, I just adjusted the rockers by manually rotating the engine. Distributor and all rockers move correctly by turning the crank with a long handled ratchet.
 
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In all honesty guys I never meant for this thread to get this long. I appreciate all the suggestions. I just need to get the time to take the upper off and inspect everything I touched when I adjusted the rockers. It has to be something simple. Things dont just burn out when sitting still. I have to have to smashed or cut wire in the injector harness or something.
 
Pulled the coil wire off the distributor and had my wife crank it over while holding it close to the distributor post its supposed to connect to.

I'm not sure that method will work. It may not want to bridge the gap. It might...... I got zapped pretty good pulling live plug wires off while sparking...i won;t do that again

Need to pull a plug. (or find a spare) and lay it across a good grounded area on the engine and crank. You're method may have worked...but this would definitely confirm
 
Are you sure the rocker adjustment was correct ???

The faster sound you mention sounds like they may be too tight and hanging the valves open a little. Did you do the push rod spin check and then the 3/4 turn ? What rockers do you have ? Pedestal or stud mount ?
 
Are you sure the rocker adjustment was correct ???

The faster sound you mention sounds like they may be too tight and hanging the valves open a little. Did you do the push rod spin check and then the 3/4 turn ? What rockers do you have ? Pedestal or stud mount ?

Went around hand rotating the engine, spinning pushrods, found zero lash and then went 1/2 turn. I feel pretty good about the rocker adjustment, honestly. Initially I had just not rotated the engine several times, and did not get them all snugged up.
 
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