I will shortly be refitting the engine back in the car and a little confused regarding the proceedure round priming it etc

I have replaced the inlet cam with a Kent cam plus new lifters and will be fitting my new GT turbo but what procedure shall i use?

Kent state in their installation guide not to turn the engine over - i was always under the impression and done before remove the fuel pump fuse and turn the engine over to get oil to the blower but Kent state don't do that and to start straight away and hold a constant rev

• Before starting the engine, turn the engine over by hand to ensure that it rotates freely, prime the oil system, and check that everything is set to ensure the engine starts straight away.

• Do not turn the engine over on the starter over for an excessive length of time. Once the engine is running do not allow it to idle for the first twenty minutes, and keep the revs to a minimum of 2000rpm in order to ensure adequate supply of lubrication for both the cam and followers.

Any advise much appreciated and thanks in advance

 

The advice is a general advice given by Kent, for all it's cams, back in the real world, just ensure the cam/s have a good coating of oil/running in stuff supplied by Kent prior to turning over, then give the key a few goes to no2 position to ensure the rail is fully primed, then spin over with the plugs out till the oil light goes out, a alternative a lot do is to remove the dizzy and using a drill and long allen bolt spin the actual oil pump drive shaft from the dizzy to build the pressure first prior to starting.
As it's a new cam no doubt it will be coated in a phosphur coating anyway from piper, this is to stop scuffing during breaking in.
If you want to be doubly sure prime oil prime fuel as above then start and hold at 2000rpm.
If it was old used cams you could just safely spin over with plugs out to get pressure up and start, but the cam nose takes a pounding at idle, that's why I always use reprofiled cams and never new.
tabetha

 

when I finished building mine, I just disconnected the coil, fuel pump and took the plugs out to relieve compression on the engine, then just turned it over until the pressure light went out. Fitted the plugs, connected everything up and fire it up.