Livernois Stage 1 Cam Install!

[ft2lewis]

wow....i am amazed at the power difference...this car has REALLY woken up!

The Beastmaster just got beastlier!!!

Thank you to everyone who helped me with this project...i couldnt have done it without you! I learned a TON from this install. I know my engine much better than i did before and finally fully understand how an internal combustion engine works! This was a fun, yet nerve racking experience. I definitely see more engine tear downs in the future.

I was reading over your thread and couldnt see what the culprit of your grounding problem ended up being because the picture was deleted. what did it turn out to be. i may be swapping my cam shaft out soon and am trying to compile as much info as possible

FT2(SS)

[christiancoach]

If I remember right Bob pinched a wire while installing the heads or some part. The lesson: Be really careful of wires when removing and re-installing parts.

[Andy@Livernois]

correct, the ground wire that runs to the back of the head got pinched and broken when installing the heads from what I remember.

[goldz28]

I think there was some kind of tape or electrical tape and he cut it and cut clean through the ground wire on the back of the head. He was not to happy about having to take that head off again. He had to splice and extension which was a tricky job not having alot of room back there.

[BobtheMonkee]

nope, actually, when i was taking the passenger head off, instead of popping the little wire run plastic retainers on the back of the head off, i cut the ziptie....leading to me cutting 5 wires in that wire run. One of the wires clipped was main power to the ECU :O. I wasnt aware that there were just plastic pop outs and it was cramped back there. Oh well, lesson learned. I decided to take the head back off to repair the wires instead of pulling the whole wire run down from under the car. Prolly ended up being harder than it needed to be, but this was the first time i've ever take apart an engine

20k miles later, engine is running strong (except for a damn rogue evap leak and small exhaust leak from one manifold )