pulled the cam out tonight, found the bearings are wiped out and the cam is damaged as well. glad i didnt throw the new heads and valve train on this short block lol.

Esh bummer

yeah looks like valve float to me!!!!!

Also would explain the ticking lol

i dont know if you guys can see the nick on that lobe, ill circle it and reload the picture.

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Oh i could see it haha

yea thats not ideal.

caused by oil quality or oil pressure.

was probably abused and neglected before i got it. i put 12k on it since last spring and did 6 oil changes using mobil1 and an ac delco filter. never had to add oil to it, oh well.