Yeah, I would have passed that off as okay also.

I definitely feel for you. When I put my first cam in, I got a huge nasty knock about 20 seconds after startup. It quieted down within another 10 seconds, but I thought something was going to come apart on me. It quieted down, but never went away. I swapped cams, and this one is quieter, but I still have the noise to some extent.

I the rocker are all intact and torqued properly. PR's are all straight. Springs didn't show any sign of damage. Good oil pressure, never touched the infamous o-ring.

Acutally, did you catch those treads? I hear that some valvetrain noise can be traced to a bad install of the oil pump o-ring? Somewhat weak pressure will make the lifters noisey?

 

Thanks for all the help guys. I will be looking into the oil pressures a little further since I know I really can't go off of what our gauge reads. I'll keep you guys posted, thanks again.

 

did you replace the original comp "R" lifters with new "R" lifters if so me and quite a few other people I know have had trouble with comp R lifters collapsing

just a heads up....hope you get it fixed

 

Yes, that's what I did. I have been hearing more and more about the "R" lifters though. What did you end up using instead? I recently heard of a company called Morel I believe(or something like that) that has the "best" lifters on the LS1 market. $500 a set, that insane! But, like the saying goes: "You have to pay to play."

 

a lot of people are just using stock lifters and my buddy just put the comp lifters that are OE replacements in his....I havent fixed mine yet I'm waitin to see how his lifters do first