Project "Payback"

[sixnina]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

****, I have no secrets. There has never been a reason to change the cam. Pettis nailed it.

I did pull the top end apart, pull the intake, and inspect all the lifters tonight. I was about to lose the lifter on number 6 exhaust. The roller is sloppy but all the needles are in tact. Magically, it was one of the two lowest spring pressures. I dodged a bullet.

Todd that's awesome that you caught it.Is there routine maintenance schedule that you follow on checking major parts or just something you do after giving her a hard beating( the car that is). Shane

[Vegas69]

Originally Posted by Track Junky

Glad you caught it before it was to late.

I'll give you three guess's at my duration @ .050

Way to much.

Originally Posted by sixnina

Todd that's awesome that you caught it.Is there routine maintenance schedule that you follow on checking major parts or just something you do after giving her a hard beating( the car that is). Shane

That's a tough question. I really think you have to find your own maintenence schedule based on your own abuse and use. Jason and I had discussed me doing all these things this Fall and he thought it was fine. I really don't think he realizes the extent I'm using the car. I got lucky, it was to long on a solid roller in a big block chevy. That being said, some guys could go a decade until they get to this point.

I can tell you this, if I keep up the schedule I've been runing for the last 3 years, it will get valve springs every year. I'm sure there on some LS guys chuckling right now. I've seen a fair share of them scattering all over the pavement over the last couple years. Anytime you get away from stock specs, you lose stock reliability. This is a lesson for everybody that is abusing their equipment.