i bought all my stuff way back and started 4 days ago... im slow i know but i didnt leave anything not cleand ( inside the engine)

so what happend is i lost 1 of my 3 ARP cam gear bolts and and look ed for it for almost 5 hours . didnt have any luck.
so i replaced it with the cam retainer plate bolts from ARP .
they are excatly the same but the retainer bolts are 2 threads shorter than cam gear bolts

will instailling 2 cam bolts + 1 retainer plate bolt cause any vibration?
will this damage the cam/cam bearings?

 

Damn that sounds like bad, good question for ARP. I would just go and buy another set just to be on the safe side. Dont want to be in the middle of a line up and punch it to hear a noise that no one wants to hear.

 

If they're loc tite'd in I don't see it causing a problem, but I personally wouldn't have put it together like that.

 

im half way arround the world i cant just order teh parts and get them fast like you guys

if i had i would ordered a new set and installed it better than having doubts but this is my only vehicle and it has been setting for 4 days


good news is the engine is running good for not having a tune yet!!

 

Yeah that part sucks about being around the world. I remember when I was in Germany and getting my exhaust took forever.

 

It's not a problem at all. Just drive it and don't worry.

 

drove the truck for a while every think was ok the power was the same as DD on part throttle ( not tuned yet)
full thorttle was great for not having a tune( couldent handel the bug to push th pedl)
after that... engine power reduced cam on the DIC + CEL and missfiring code at 40 miles after cam swap

the engine has a rough idle now . ill be tunning it without a wide band for now and will dyno tune it 2 weeks later

 

thanx Kyle ... i trust your judgment.. but do any one have any saying about that

 

It should be fine.

However, don't use a cam bolt in the retainer plate spot, especially the bottom one. The longer bolt will contact the counterweight on the crank.

 

thanks atomic !!
what a relife