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Old 02-06-2012, 05:52 AM
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the starter wouldnt turn over because some other stuff was still not put together. once i had it all together, it fired right up the first time, no leaks, no codes.

the reason i was trying to turn it over before it was all together is because the builder who put the block together said to do it that way. it makes sense to have good oil pressure before turning the engine over under compression. not tightening down the spark plugs all the way kept compression down. oh well, doesnt matter, car is running

and about the pcv, if it is tuned right, then vacuum should be very low or nonexistent at wot, which is when blowby is probably at its worst. i plan to take the car to the track and it will see a lot of high rpms for extended periods of time, so i want to make sure it will vent.

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Old 02-06-2012, 05:59 AM
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sorry, no video, i was busy adding coolant and varying the engine speed



Old 02-06-2012, 07:18 AM
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Congratulations for finally firing it up, finish buttoning it up, break it in and tune it!
Old 02-06-2012, 07:33 AM
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thanks
Old 02-06-2012, 02:49 PM
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congrats!! Hope to see some numbers by next month.
Old 02-06-2012, 08:37 PM
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Great. How does is sound? No strange sounds?
Old 02-07-2012, 06:08 AM
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it made all sorts of crazy noises right after i started it cause of no oil pressure, but sounds good now. exhaust note is def deeper even with the stock midpipe and muffler
Old 02-07-2012, 08:03 AM
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Hope you make a million hp!
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Originally Posted by kacz07
Hope you make a million hp!
im hoping for 225 to the wheels lol
Old 02-07-2012, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by mgrotel
it made all sorts of crazy noises right after i started it cause of no oil pressure, but sounds good now. exhaust note is def deeper even with the stock midpipe and muffler
Lol very normal. THe first time I did a VQ30 maxima waterpump I almost **** myself because of the noise, till the chain tenshioner fills with oil.
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Mine stayed noisy until I replaced that gear... I too noticed the change in the exhaust tone, maybe I should put headers and a cam on my hemi...
Old 02-08-2012, 06:59 AM
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getting a bank 2 cam sensor over advanced code every once in a while, otherwise no issues at all. im guessing this is from the aftermarket cams on the stock tune?
Old 02-08-2012, 07:32 AM
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Could be a bad sensor, mis-timed, or the aftermarket cam. How comfortable are you with the way the timing went?
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im very comfortable with how the timing went. i did the exact same thing as bjmax and i think he is making over 500hp. i know for a fact i did both heads the same, so it wouldn't make sense for only bank 2 to be having issues and bank 1 being fine. plus, i think i would have gotten more codes if it was off more, but maybe not

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What is the code?
Old 02-08-2012, 10:15 AM
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p0021

its bank 2 camshaft sensor actuator A over advanced

could be the vtc controller
could be the thicker dino oil im using for breakin
could be my cams

but im am pretty much certain that my timing chain is hooked up right. especially since it only seems to happen at higher speeds and rpms.

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- Harness or connectors
- Intake valve timing control solenoid valve circuit is open or shorted
- Intake valve timing control solenoid valve may be faulty
- Crankshaft position sensor (POS) may be faulty
- Camshaft position sensor


Did you also get à p0300? Or rough idle?
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no rough idle, and no p0300.
but do have a hard start

im thinking its the oil im using
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I've had that before, twice... once was the actual solenoid, the other was my timing. The timing was off by so little the car still made 290 on a Dyno-Jet and ran fine. However the tuner noticed something odd when tuning but still made decent power so he dismissed it.

One thing I noticed when it was a timing issue was it wouldn't idle in gear worth a crap. It would buck like crazy at idle and just above, less than 2000.
Old 02-08-2012, 11:24 AM
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my idle in gear is fine, but there are definitely hard starts at times. im guessing the thick oil is not flowing through the vtc sprockets that well, my next idea is the vtc sprocket itself then. i found a volt test for the vtc sprocket so ill try that first, otherwise ill just wait and see if it comes back when i get full synthetic in the car


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