automec1062 Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Hi. I'm not an owner of an SS (unfortunately), but I found this site when looking for information to help a customer modify his SS. I am working on an April of '03 SS with a 6 litre Vortec. It had a Whipple Charger @ 5 lbs. of boost and a Flow Master Muffler when it came in to me. I G-Teched it and 14.6 to 14.8 at 4800 ft. elevation, and the owner wants MORE POWER!! After reading stuff on this site, I am getting ASM headers, Diablo programmer. I'm installing a CompCams 51-424-11 Cam and Springs, and having the heads flowed on a bench. When I pulled the cam out this morning I noticed the cam bearings from about the 6 o'clock position to 10 o'clock were worn into the copper. The bore gauge says it has .004 clearance and rolling the cam in V blocks with the blocks on No. 2 and 5 journals shows No. 1 journal having a .004 wobble in it. I thought this was pretty bad considering this truck is only approx. 6 months old. I called our local dealer to see if there are any bulletins or otherwise of similar problems, but found none. So I had to pull the motor this afternoon to put bearings in. I will post pics of the bearings tomorrow. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTex Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Yikes! I hope yours is an isolated incident. But if its nott, I'll have a reason to troke mine sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m396 #00-011 Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Yikes! I hope yours is an isolated incident. But if its nott, I'll have a reason to troke mine sooner than later. Do you really need a reason ................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 That's what I was thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledfootss Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 just stroke it big tex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTex Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Dont tempt me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automec1062 Posted November 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 I have pics of the bearings, but I can't seem to post them correctly. If you would like to see them, email me and I will gladly send them to you. [email protected] Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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