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    Engine Teardown

    Cool article. Personally I would have replaced the pistons, definitely the lifters, potentially rods, and definitely at least do a slightly better cam. Maybe since it went 200 something thousand miles and it seems we have lots of issues with new parts these days they stuck with what they knew...
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    Pcv hose reroute to fresh air.

    For anyone that reads this thread someday who has a supercharger or turbo and doesn't take into account setting up not only a proper PCV system but just a good way to let the engine breath, get a vacuum on the engine and let it operate effectively, blowby will rapidly degrade your engine, you'll...
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    My Jay Greene Cam job is.. uggh, done

    Yeah, dude is HARD to get hold of, took me about six months of pestering him. He fixed things in my tune from both Jay and Ryan in about 10 minutes that I'd been dealing with for a long time. Definitely a busy guy!
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    Brakes sticking and firm pedal -- brake booster?

    He might be talking about your caliper pins seizing, causing a hard brake pedal and taking out the master cylinder? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pq15BWM_qY
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    My Jay Greene Cam job is.. uggh, done

    FYI, I used this gentleman. https://performancebyjoe.com/
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    My Jay Greene Cam job is.. uggh, done

    Yeah, I actually bought a new setup so my MVP unit could take the Wideband input with FRP, much better than trying to do shaky vids doing runs.
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    My Jay Greene Cam job is.. uggh, done

    So, I'm not anywhere near as experienced as others on this forum as Wild One, Dilligaf and others, but I've customized the hell out of my truck including a supercharger, stroked and forged, and pretty much upgraded or swapped out every damn system besides the trans. I have talked to Jay a few...
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    John/Boosted getting ready to race Cletus's Ford,lol

    It's also an hp to weight ratio thing, I think the Ford was like 500-800 pounds lighter or something?
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    2012 Ram 5.7 Cam Bearing replacement.

    Same. It takes a special tool/slide hammer thing to pull them but also had mine replaced at rebuild by a great machine/speed shop
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    Cam/Lifter Swap Lessons Learned

    Agreed. 90 PSI is a lot too, but I'm OK with it for now.
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    Cam/Lifter Swap Lessons Learned

    Looks like I need to add a channel for oil pressure on my HP tuners! Here's a really bad quality vid of a WOT run when I was switching to Ryan for tuning, looks like it maxes out around 90. Same on older diablo logs I had. https://youtu.be/Ak6IRzm0_XM
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    Cam/Lifter Swap Lessons Learned

    Let me look in some past logs I took doing some WOT runs and I'll let you know, have to fire up that computer
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    Cam/Lifter Swap Lessons Learned

    Just noticed some folks replied here, thanks! Replace your oil pump, I put on a high volume Melling and it's awesome... Been running it for at least 20k miles now on my rebuild, 50-55 at idle and 70-75 running. Some say it's too high, works fine for me.
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    Turbo kit now available from On3

    https://www.on3performance.com/shop/ram-single-turbo-truck-system/?fbclid=IwAR2b5k_dYIjsViAysGvd7I1yD2GkB5xHS18I5LnNdBJ40rhGQfUuV4KBpjU Looks like they've updated the site, and added a ton of options including upgraded fuel system. If this had been a thing two or three years ago my...
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    Cam/Lifter Swap Lessons Learned

    Awesome to share your experience here and congrats on successfully doing this job!
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