Windsor cam install, whos done one?!

I know I have, 3 times on my own car! And everytime I have the same problem with surging and stalling. I have to main questions for people that have done the install before on a WINDSOR motor.

a) do you have a picture of the cam cap oreintation? mine are all in the right spots, but at the time I didnt know oreintation was an issue.

b) how freely does the cam spin with the followers out and chains off?

My cams dont spin by hand, I need a wrench to adjust them to get them to line up with the chain. They are torqued down correctly in the proper sequence.

Sunday I am going to try and degree them (even though NO ONE else had to) and try and solve the problem- 4th time is the charm!!!!!

Thanks guys!

WOT said:

When I built my motor the cams spun easy without the chains and rockers in.

Easy enough that if I spun it hard enough they would continue to turn for half to 3/4 a turn on their own.

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so you torqued them down to the 89 in lbs and they spun freely? I think I may have something really wrong...



And no, I havent gone for a dyno tune yet, I have tried 4 very different tunes from Tim at MPH and all share the same characteristics, its not the tune.

any other experiences?