Well got my motor back late(missed Vegas again)Put everything on and made sure the vales were closed and set the dist. in on zero with the balancer.Fired up the car to break in the cam and sounded not good.The timing was way retarded (like me)But had to run it in because I have always been told once you start it for the first time not to shut it down if possible or you'll wreck the cam.Retourqued the head,set the valves and checked the timing problem.Had to put the rotor in one tooth ahead to get the timing mark to line up.Drove the car to the alignment shop and it ran bad,breaking up and loading up.Got it home and went through the carb,changed the power valve,jets and cleaned and checked it out.Reset the acc. pump arm.Pulled the dist. and checked that out as well.I put the bypass plug on the Hyfire box and tried it again just using the Protronix unit only.Still not running right and had to have the dist. put in one tooth ahead of where #1 was on the balancer.The cam was degreed in by the first motor shop and staked the lower gear and balancer.The motor ran great until loosing oil.I called the motor shop who just rebuilt it (the second time)and he said he put it on the old mark.It runs like the cam is off to me.I took it all apart last night and found moisture in the valve cover and in the timing cover ( ok it was foam in the timing cover)I did notice that one of the bolts in the timing cover let water out when I removed it?I there one that goes into a coolant passage?There was no thread sealant on this bolt and I'm wondering if that is why I get moisture in my valve cover.Also when puting the motor on #1 with the valves in the closed/overlap position the dots on the timing gears are across from each other?It's a Schnider cam and Roll Master Timing set and Romac balancer.When I put the dots together like it shows in the book as soon as I start to rotate the engine there is valve action.That don't make sense to me.I posted a few photos on flickr.com/photos/emptypockets/
I'm at a loss.I'll read the thread on degreeing in a cam and proably order a degree wheel and kit and check it myself.The motor shop wasn't very helpfull so I'm all done doing business with them.I asked him why he didn't check it after finding 2 under sized rods and 5 lifters that were diffrent.It's not like I told him to do it bare bones.Like I told him I had $10,000.00 tied up under the hood of this car and I just wanted it right.As always I know I'll get the input from you guys to send me down the right path.
