Hemi Swap into a 2nd Generation Ram
#501
I'm looking for a decent Short block or a junkyard motor as we speak. I have that funds-a-low virus again. My wife is pretty over my driveway money pit which makes it hard to get money for a new motor. She its talking about me cutting my losses and parting it out. I know if i had had a good motor this thing would have been going but i think i got dealt a crappy hand. It its what it is. If i can't find a short block on the cheap or a decent junkyard motor I'm going to be calling this one. Sometimes you need to know when to walk away.
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#507
So i got my old cam out. Inspected the journals bearings everything looked fine. Put the new cam in. Installed my new chain cam gear and as i was trying to get the harmonic balancer bolt out I snapped my new cam gear bolt. So now i am going to have to get the old/new bolt out so that I can put a new bolt in. I have no clue why these bolts are so dang flimsy. It only had 90ft llbs on it.
#508
The camshaft sprocket bolt only gets torqued to 90 ft-lbs.. Has the torque wrench you're using been set lately and checked for accuracy ? I think 85 lbs and some red loctite would have held it. It seems to me that torque wrench might be off a little ...
Good Luck Man.. I wanna see that damned thing run...
Good Luck Man.. I wanna see that damned thing run...
#509
Fixed the bolt buttoned it all back up. the vibration damper back on and my crank bolt seems to have gottenjammed somehow. How is totally beyond me. Going to be putting some heat on it tomorrow ave trying to back it out. We will see how things go. My torque wrench is way out of spec. I don't like the twist style torque wrenches had one growing up that was the needle style thing never let me down.
#510