Installing Tomei Cams

[WLD MAN]

About to install cams.....just wanna know whats all the torque specs from the start to finish

[The Mafia]

For the cam caps? About 12 nm. You'll need a very small torque wrench.

[boostn0199]

Download the manual all there and yeah from memory its 9-12 remeber to tighten in 3 or 4 stages.

[PM-R33]

Yeah don't do it unless you have an engine manual. That's how people end up posting threads "I just snapped my camshaft!" lol.

[The Mafia]

these guys are exactly right - You need to tighten the cam down a bit at a time to not put to much stress at one end etc. I should have put more detail.

Do it in stages, like a turn or two for each cap.

if you watch when you are tightening you can see which caps are under weight (The valve pushing back) and you can easily work out the correct way to pull the cam down in a level fashion.

it would be a real c#nt buggering an expensive poncam lol, even more of a bitch if it snapped while running and ruining an entire engine, and all of your hard work.

Just take it easy and be REALLY patient. It does take a while.

[jiffo]

The manual will lead you astray, so use your own common sense.

Rotate your crank slightly passed TDC so there's no chance of pushing valves into No6.

Cams like to move to their "happy" spot while they're going down, that's why you do the job off TDC.

With the crank suitably passed TDC, you can test rotate your cams too.

Lube up the cam journals.

Caps are all marked/numbered but it pays to double check everything.

Pulling down the caps, you'll quickly see some caps have no load, others are working hard.

Watch you don't get carried away with the easy ones.

A mate can spot you along the cam for an even pull down.

Have your mate spot you across the caps too so you don't pull one side down more than the other.

With all caps down but not torqued, remove No1 cap and do the sealant. Don't go crazy with sealant or you'll block the oil drain back slots.

Torque down your caps.

Take it easy with all these puny bolts/nuts.

[WLD MAN]

The manual will lead you astray, so use your own common sense.

Rotate your crank slightly passed TDC so there's no chance of pushing valves into No6.

Cams like to move to their "happy" spot while they're going down, that's why you do the job off TDC.

With the crank suitably passed TDC, you can test rotate your cams too.

Lube up the cam journals.

Caps are all marked/numbered but it pays to double check everything.

Pulling down the caps, you'll quickly see some caps have no load, others are working hard.

Watch you don't get carried away with the easy ones.

A mate can spot you along the cam for an even pull down.

Have your mate spot you across the caps too so you don't pull one side down more than the other.

With all caps down but not torqued, remove No1 cap and do the sealant. Don't go crazy with sealant or you'll block the oil drain back slots.

Torque down your caps.

Take it easy with all these puny bolts/nuts.

thanks for the info