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I would love to see the pic's.
Was the cam a custom grind?

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ezstriper

Be very carefull who you buy from, as GM does NOT warranty the engines, that is handled thru the seller, and if they are slim....hope you have no problems...I found all this out when I bought a pair of new 454's...Rob

Rockfish71

I will send them later today. I deal with ultradyne billet racing cams. Talk to Tim Goolsby there the cam I'm running is like between the crane 731 and 741 grinds that alot of guys run

ballon78

havent installed yet, i am wondering about the distribtor gear too. Im going to a 502 from a gen 6 454 330hp non mag motor. it comes with a new balancer on it.

ballon78

Rockfish, what distrbitor did you run, i have my old merc from my old 98 454 330 hp i think it was a roller came motor, do i need a different gear for the 502 cam?? What kind of cam does the 502 base motor come with, i know its roller....Also what did you do with the bypass valves on the filter boss??

Rockfish71

The filter pad has two bypass's you need to remove the one in the center and leave it out the one that is offset on the filter pad is for oil filter bypass circuit you need to remove it too. Then you need to buy a 30 psi valve this one below or you can plug it so all the oil will go through the filter you need to run at least number -10 or -12 oil lines and more than likey a bigger cooler and a oil temp gauge is a must you want to measure the oil going back to the engine
http://paceperformance.com/index.asp...&ProdID=113140
or you can tap and plug it you have to do one other or you will gernad your engine do a search here for oil bypass valve and read up on it. right now if your engine has the two bypass valves installed they are only a 11 psi valves and what happens then you will bypass your cooler do to the 11 psi valves
Detailed Description
Gen V & Gen VI Big Block Chevy Engines & All GM Performance Parts 454 & 502 crate engines use two of these bypass valves. Location for oil filter bypass valve is adjacent to oil filter nipple on oil filter mounting pad, Location for second valve (For oil cooler bypass) is above oil filter nipple in block on filter mounting pad. If a cooler is not connected to the oil cooler ports on the oil pan rail, the second valve is not needed. Engines using a sandwich adapter between the block and oil filter to connect a remote oil cooler must use GM # 25161284 oil filter bypass valve (in the location adjacent to oil filter nipple) to compensate for higher system backpressure.



Used on Gen V & VI engines when running an external oil cooler with a sandwich adapter between the block & oil filter. The 30 Lb valve compensates for the restriction caused by running an external cooler. Used in the location adjacent to the oil filter nipple on the oil filter pad.

Rockfish71

The distrbitor you have you need to make sure you have the right gear on it if your your last engine for sure had a gm factory roller cam then the gear you have is good if your running the cam that came with your new engine only. if you bought a new cam you need to tell them what you have for a gear and may have to change it some guys run the composit gear I'm running a cast iron gear old school.

rednourdj

My expert racer/engine guru says take both bypasses out, tap and plug the outerhole and run a WIX racing filter.I have the Mercury oil line adapter on my BB, be careful not to overtighten the hollow nut, the alu is very sensitive to cracking, oops. This way you will always have filtered and cooled oil without worry of getting crap inside your oiling system. my 2cents fwiw. btw, I run the K&N HP3002 oil filter @ 10.00 each from local speed shop. Cheap insurance imo.