just changed cam
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My stroked LS6 sounds like a sewing machine, and it has brand new lifters if that makes you feel any better. Cammed LS1's are generally noisy. I would check your pushrod length, just to be safe.
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It has 85k on it, I did the cam with the head on. It really isn't that loud its just there now and wasn't before the cam install.
Last edited by buddah98; Apr 4, 2008 at 11:19 AM.
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The sewing machine sound is normal with a cammed LS1. Especially if you have dual valve springs. What you're hearing is the valve closing events. If you have headers that sound will be further amplified.
