What I have

1. LS1 how to guide
2. VHP 08 "ultra tq" cam
3. VHP sping kit including springs and retainers
4. spring compressor with air pressure adapter to pressurize the cylinders
5. hardend pushrods


Since this is my summer DD I'm super nervous

Am I missing anything else... do I need lifters too?
How about a new crank bolt?
Gaskets?

Also how long should this take me... one day with two people perhaps?

 

You might want to buy 8 of those pen magnets to hold the lifters up,or your playing russian roulette,also some cam lube,coolant,and all your gaskets,plus most important the right tools

 

- SDPC Gasket Kit w/new crank bolt
- Spring/Retainer locks (don't want your cam install to go on hold for a $0.03 part)
- Food, Gatorade, Water
- Icy hot/Tiger Balm
- Computer (so you can run to us with your problems)

 

we just pulled my cam outta my LS1 yesterday, mines on a stand though so we just turned it upside down and used gravity to hold the lifters from fallin out

 

don't waste your money on $70 worth of pen magnets. Just buy a 3" long piece of 5/16th's metal rod and cut it in half. Grind a groove all the way down both pieces and stick them in the cam journals. This will hold your lifters up.

We used this method to hold my lifters up for 2 straight days and didn't have a single problem.

 

how is he gonna get them through the journals though, wont the lifters be down in the way??

 

$1.49 @ harbor freight for pen magnets $1.49x8=$11.92,plus you can use them for many other things later,and no "home machining"req'd.....$70 what are they 24k gold plated

 

Platinum would be so much better

 

Doesn't he need 16 though? As for the 70$ I think hes thinking of those platinum ones, not the gold ones, that autozone has for 3.99-5.99 lol, they are crazy expensive at autozone lol.

-Lurius

 

where did you get the spring compressor and air pressure adapter at? a sponsor link would be great...