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Message: [QUOTE="6speedsd, post: 1449072, member: 1242"] Decided to do a little investigation this afternoon. Pulled the plug on the cylinder that lost the valve. It's obviously been hit, but it's not broken. Electrode is just bent over to one side. Dude told me it started missing, so they shut it down, pulled the valve cover and found the issue. Then tried to bump it over thinking it would push valve back up through the head, but it just locked up. [ATTACH=full]171081[/ATTACH] Was looking over the spec sheet for the cam he said he put in it. Comp 31-216-2. He claims he put stock springs back in it because "it didn't need stiffer ones", but on the spec sheet it clearly states in big bold letters "springs required" and even listed the part number for the set. It's also a hydraulic cam, and I'm curious if he even swapped in a set of hydraulic lifters to match. Decided to work on pulling that head and see just how much damage was done. Got a little ways tonight and will finish tomorrow. I haven't fooled around in the gasser world in years, so this is a welcome change from diesel fumes and soot! I forgot how heavy a cast intake manifold was too. [ATTACH=full]171082[/ATTACH] Apparently he LOVED Permatex. Even had the intake gaskets glued down solid with the stuff. I should have the head off tomorrow, and hoping maybe I'll get lucky and it didn't eff up the cylinder walls. How nice would that be! More pics to follow the deeper I get. Anyone with experience with that particular cam? It's less than a year old so I see no reason not to use it with my mild build. I'll get the right springs and hyd lifters too. Will be swapping on an aluminum intake and fresh 4 barrel (currently has a 2 barrel), and a set of long tubes. Other than that, it'll be stockish for a while. Is that a good drivable cam? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]