Thread: Opinions - Best 3.9 V8 Cams

Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

edit- thermostat slipped out of place and just managed to sit under the housing

Yep ... hate that when it happens ... I've learnt to put just a little drop of "Super glue" on one spot of the thermo and stick it to the housing ... Just enough to hold it in place ... Never slips again

Mike

But I did it on my bench with the manifold standing up....!

Oh, and remember, you can't use the bolts for the manifold preheater and use them for your fuel rail as the threads for these are drilled all the way thru onto the plenum and sound like the ram tube plate has a massive vacuum leak and then you pull everything down looking for bad seals and find it AFTER you replace bolts, sealant etc etc right before you put the plenum back on...... FFS

Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

But I did it on my bench with the manifold standing up....!

Told ya that cat was trouble....

... and I take it that, in short , you found the missing fuel rail bolt

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Told ya that cat was trouble....

... and I take it that, in short , you found the missing fuel rail bolt

Trouble is right, he takes on my Pitt puppy.....

Didnt find the missing one, but i did have some bolts on the Hilux tray sitting round the side!

Ended up replacing the 6 ram tube bolts with HT ones from Bunnings sourced at 6PM Sunday night, (Bunnings, fast becoming my automotive savour in times of distress and need....)

Had a small puddle of water underneath at work today that was dripping from RH bank water inlet of timing cover that funnily enough, stopped when I started it and engine warmed up Only dripped about half a litre as reservoir didnt drop much so just finished pulling belts and pulleys off and tweaking all the TC bolts again. The 2 on the RH side under waterpump and above oil pump gave up a bit of slack and should be all good now.

Will give my thoughts on it now I have driven it in the next post.

Just need a few minutes to get it out of my head and onto the screen!

Cheers

Andrew

Have been a bit strapped for time this week, but will get pics and a report on how it runs by or over the weekend.

For those chomping at the bit, I am not as impressed as I hoped to be and my thoughts now are leading me back to a genuine LR cam, BUT..... although this cam is supposed to be the largest cam available for a std ECU, fuelling may need to be played with.
I spoke to TRS this morning who stated that "... we sell 80 of these cams a year ..." etc etc, but not once in a 15 minute phone call did they offer any suggestions, just tried to tell me there was other things wrong with my engine and flog me a rising rate regulator. Don't think there is anything wrong with the engine as it actually ran better and revved harder with a stuffed cam....
Both times I have spoken to them, both times a bit arrogant so I dont think I will be shopping there again, but that may just be my experience. What I dont like is being told I dont understand what i am doing by someone younger than the amount of years I have been in the automotive industry, cutting my teeth in high performance and race engines.
Anyway, more to come....
Oh, If anybody in WA has a chipped ECU that plugs straight in, I would really love to borrow it for an hour or so to see if it changes my woes....

Cheers

Andrew.

TRS suggested fitting a rr regulator to fuel my 4.6 instead of a chip. But everyone else I've mentioned this to says it's ok on a flapper efi but a bodge on a 14CUX and the only way to get the fueling right is to get the fuel map done.

Mark Adams can supply a chip tailored to the engine's specs - he is only one of a couple of specialists who has the Lucas hardware capable of developing these. 1995 on ECUs should have a socketed EPROM holder to allow the chip to be changed easily. You can buy these from Tornado Systems.