Gen 6, 454 Rebuild(long)

Here is the cam card from the new cam. It does not list anyplace the advance or retard. Am i missing something?
Nope, it's all hidden in the info of the cam card. They don't come right out and tell you. Too many people in the 60's said I want the BIGGEST cam that will fit in my engine. But that's NOT what they really wanted, the public didn't know what was best for their application. So the cam manufactures would advance most all their cams by 4° to help with the bottom end.

Have you figured out your DCR with the new numbers ??? Will your engine work work with pump gas from your local station or will you need to buy race gas at $12 / gal ??

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Honestly i have not. When i look at it i just see numbers that mean nothing to me yet i know mean a lot to someone who knows. Probably why the VCR clock still flashes 12:00 but,
On the bright side man i sure love opening boxes of new parts! 16 of everything. This gonna be a couple busy days for me! IMG_20230420_173413802.jpg
 
I guess you will find out after the cam is installed whether it runs on pump gas then.
That's a fact!
I figure it will be fine. It's not that different from stock and made to run with stock FI so not a drastic change.
Got it apart today and i really could not find anything obvious wrong except 2 things.

3 push rods were stuck in the lifters somehow and i have no idea how. Had to use pliers to pull them out. They are not bent and appear to be fine.
I did not think to first take the intake off to see why they were stuck unfortunately.

The lifters once removed all appeared fine but i noticed about half were pumped up and the other half i could easily push the plunger down almost bottoming out
So i don't know what to think about all that.
 
that stuck push rod in a lifter, issue is generally results from low oil pressure and oil VOLUME,
that allows the contact area between the moving valve train components to experience excessive wear,
and heat, but THIS IS FREQUENTLY THE RESULT OF improperly adjusted valves,
or improper valve train geometry
that is also a frequent and a huge contributing factor
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Hmm. Lifters are net lash so 0 adjustment is possible.
Cold oil pressure is pegged at 80psi
Hot idle oil pressure is 30psi.
None of the pushrods had oil in them. Like when you first pull them out usually there is a little running out. These had none. Engine was cold.
It did kinda look like the spring retainers had oil on them and the rockers had some oil. I could not see any damage to the pushrods.
 
yes , you correct if nothings been modified, but your technically wrong on the no adjustment possible issue,
as there's several ways to modify the rocker to push rod clearances through the use of shims/spacers.
under rocker studs or converting to the older adjustable BBC rocker valve train.
or selective use of custom length pushrods

 
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Technically you are right., but. The vast majority of people will just bolt them down and tighten to torque spec as they are net lash.
Started to install my adjustable valve train but the spring compressor i have is to big for the small behive valve keepers so i need to find one that adjustable for stock retainers and small beehive style.
 
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