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sikfricks
06-15-2008, 02:27 PM
i have a 99 si b16a2 i am in the process in building it up na when i took the cam caps off i found some grooves in them so is the only option to replace them with oem ones
Barefoot
06-15-2008, 02:48 PM
like normal ware grooves or is it pitted type grooves.
Tech5
06-15-2008, 02:53 PM
looks like normal ones...when you install the new cams, lube them up with either oil or assembly lube...<< I use assembly lube...an you have to install the cam caps in a certain order an tighten them in a seqence you know that right?
sikfricks
06-15-2008, 03:00 PM
i know about the sequence and that the have to go on the one they come off of, there actual grooves i thought the were supposed to be smooth
Barefoot
06-15-2008, 03:30 PM
i know about the sequence and that the have to go on the one they come off of, there actual grooves i thought the were supposed to be smoothlike if u run your finger nail across them u can feel it. got any better, clearer or bigger pix
Tech5
06-15-2008, 03:58 PM
like no mo says if you can feel them with your finger nail then yea thats not good..if your installing new cams you can just take a 2000 grit sand paper an smooth it out, an you will be ok
eghonda88
06-15-2008, 04:20 PM
Unless your head is scared up too...mine was on that same motor and i had to buy a new head... a machine shop can fix it but they told me if i was looking to do performance stuff i should buy a new head but my head was completely scared up...
Barefoot
06-15-2008, 04:58 PM
Unless your head is scared up too...mine was on that same motor and i had to buy a new head... a machine shop can fix it but they told me if i was looking to do performance stuff i should buy a new head but my head was completely scared up...correct
Tech5
06-15-2008, 06:03 PM
true but going by his pics it doesnt look bad at all,, you will be fine
eghonda88
06-15-2008, 09:25 PM
Yeah he might be fine now...but maybe later it might get F**ED up so just check em every oil change...
Tech5
06-15-2008, 09:26 PM
lol that would be fun...Good luck with that
Yeah he might be fine now...but maybe later it might get F**ED up so just check em every oil change...
sikfricks
06-15-2008, 11:09 PM
yea i can feel em not all of them are that way the bottom feels fine just two of them the block was scared on number 2
all-mota
06-16-2008, 07:05 AM
if it bothers you you can have it line bored or honed