SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: Horizonjet on September 05, 2010, 10:03:13 PM
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I am rebuilding the motor that was apart in my boat when I got it. Its a 454 with a 286 isky cam and do I just align the timinmg marks on the timinmg chain and let it go or do I need to degree the cam? I have only put together stock motors before and this is a new world for me. I bored 30 over and new flat top pistons with new rings and bearings...Is there a break in running time and to set the rings and do I change the oil soon afterward? ;D
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Please degree the cam.....and check V/P...... :)...
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I am rebuilding the motor that was apart in my boat when I got it. Its a 454 with a 286 isky cam and do I just align the timinmg marks on the timinmg chain and let it go or do I need to degree the cam? I have only put together stock motors before and this is a new world for me. I bored 30 over and new flat top pistons with new rings and bearings...Is there a break in running time and to set the rings and do I change the oil soon afterward? ;D
You may get away with simply "aligning to zero", but if you can obtain the cam card, I would set it up for what is recommended with a degree wheel, the only reason is inaccuracies in the timing sets and dowel cuts in the cam....
Personal preference to a point....Do it right, do it once..... :thumbup:
GT
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IMHO...contact your cam company if u have ???/follow the cam card specs. ;)
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Just looked on the Isky web site and got the cam card and that is words of wisdom "Do it right, do it once".... I need to remember this, maybe tatoo it somewhere or something. :thumbup:
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Just looked on the Isky web site and got the cam card and that is words of wisdom "Do it right, do it once".... I need to remember this, maybe tatoo it somewhere or something. :thumbup:
I have it tattooed on my ass, so when I pull my head out I read it and say "oh yeah"... J/K
GT
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LOL! Thats probibly the best spot to put it for those rare occasions that I do pull my head out.
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I have a tramp stamp on my nuts about this issue :D
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I have it tattooed on my ass, so when I pull my head out I read it and say "oh yeah"... J/K
GT
Maybe I should do that as well, lol. But on THIS build of Moo, Lakesonly and Enginedoctor have and will continue to prove invaluable. ;)
But Yeah, degree the cam in, always, every time. You may only find out that straight up timing is where you need to be, but better to KNOW that going in. :thumbup:
Ray
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Right. Better to know before going on. I would tatoo to my nuts but then it would be too small to read. LOL! :D