ClearP

So I went to a local machine shop today asking him to look at my engine head and tell me if it needs to be machined, he flipped my engine head over to look and the valve lifters fell out.... he was able to put most in order but there are about 6 or 8 where he is not sure.... does anyone know what I can do at this point to make sure they are in correct order? I checked the Engine replair manual and I didnt see anything, he said I can put the cams in and mesure the gap. Im not sure how I can go abouts doing that.

The thing that feel out looks like this:


2nd thing is, my friend has a aristo engine right now and we are swapping it in his car, will he need to tune the car or do anything if he switch to USDM cam shafts?

ClearP

for the cams I mean do we need to tune his car if he has aristo ecu?

1sxyrxy

should be fine with no tune after cams. wouldn't hurt, but i wouldn't even bother putting them. IMO not worth it really. the valves fell out them selves or the buckets fell out? unless you took the valve springs off then the valves can fall out. but for buckets you will have to measure them as per the repair manual

ClearP

yea the bucket fell out... I looked at the repair manual but I didnt see how to measure it.

JakeBreyck

iTrader: (1)

just pop them back in and do a valve adjustment when you get everything back together, witch is something you should be doing anyways.

SC300_704

iTrader: (5)

mines fell out and i just put them back in, not in order though b/c they all fell down everywhere. i didn't do any kind of valves adjustment etc. been driving fine since Feb.

MrBrock

Here's how to do it
http://planetsoarer.com/camshafts/camshaft2.html

ClearP

lol seriously?

ClearP

Anyone know the cam shaft answer?

ClearP

Just read through about 6 different threads and I still cant find out if my friend will need to tune the car if he swaps cam shaft. Any experts here?