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Well the camshaft is in and the springs are changed. I m currently waitng on new harmonic balancer, 2 pushrods and 2valve cover gaskets.
I buttoned it up as much as possible to do a test fire on it , and fire up on the first crank and idled just fine. Even though it made every one stop what they was doing to come over and look at the beast.

That's awesome Roy, I can't wait to hear it!!

Well Jack This waiting is killing me. I did do a test fire and sounded pretty good.

I bet man, I've heard some mpegs of it on the 'net, and I know it does, especially with the resonator....

Hey Roy, I forgot to ask, who put it in for you??

Just me at the craft shop.

How hard/easy was it Roy?

It is a pretty straight forward application on the Ls1 I would rate it a meedium task for a firstimer that has downloaded all the "He said POOP" from the internet on camswaps on the Ls1.

Danke fuer die info!!!

There is a great install guide at torquecentral.com
I have one on the way for my new (wife's old) car!!!

Paceparts sells them LS1 Hot Cam Kit for 418.xx shipped. May be a little more to an APO, but it includes everything you need including gaskets.

Another good package for a smoother idle is the LS6 cam.

The install is supposed to be pretty easy.

Good luck,

Jamey

Thanks Jamey, so now what does the wife drive??

Well the parts are in . So i dropped the oil pan and pulled the oil pump and put in the the timing cain and gears. I am about 25 % complete . It should be up and haunting the streets of Wiesbaden by Friday evening.

Sweet Roy, wish I could hear it...

I will be putting mine in next weekend...by myself in my garage From what I've heard, you need a set of headers and to raise the rev limiter to really wake this cam up.

The wife now has a 2001 Chevy Blazer Xtreme. She is driving 55 miles each way to work, so wanted something with a smoother ride...plus I wouldn't let her put all the miles on the TA

Later,

Jamey

jAMEY
If you need any impromptu advice on the install just email or in here. Goodluck on the install.

Is the ride up, Roy?

Fik nein, I still cannot locate a dam radiator drain pug .
Willis helped me out with the cap. I guess I will have to wait on the mail to get here . Who knows when that will be.

Shux man, I wish I could help you out.. When did you order it?

Well it is running now. It took about an hour to purge all the air out of my radiator . But that is good now. I ve put ahundred miles on it so far . I need to squeak the idle a hair to bring it up and to smoothit out a bit. As for power well I lost all my low end torque, but from the midrange it seems to hit pretty good. I see my mileage went to hell though. Got in a little scrap with a SLK 500 and intimidated
a m roadster. Time to go to the kill section.

Did you drill out the hole in the TB to smooth the idle out? They say it helps alot.