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MY REVIEW OF KSRACING INTAKE MANIFOLDS FOR 7MGTE I have this FFIM installed now. It does take modification to fit this monster of an intake. The plenum sits low in the engine bay because the runners are not curved and perpendicular to the head. Here is what I needed to do to get it to fit...

Pulled the head. I can see that for sure a #6 exhaust valve hit something. The carbon is worn off of that valve on the lower outside edge. I'm going to pour some alcohol on the top of each valve and see if it leaks through but thats just out of curiousity, all valves will be replaced. Dennis

Am I correct here? Comments? Thanks.

Its not that big of a deal. Pull head tonight. Install new valves and valve job. Sucks they were oversize valves too.

no. with less than 2000 miles since the block and head were resurfaced. no overheating and the old gasket sealed well. As much as i pull the head I'd keep resurfacing it out of spec. Dennis

So you guys are thinking that just having the cam gears set wrong (based on the nick in my crank pulley) in itself its not the real issue but actually that the belt slipped? I don't think the belt slipped at any point. It was at the nick were i put it, then it was at the true 0 were I put it...

I connected my tiny 2 galloon air compressor to the spark plug #2. The cam lob shows the valve is in the closed position. I dumped 20 psi of air into the cylinder and it was gone within 5-10 seconds. I listened at the throttle body and it was loud echo of hissing air.

I will do this test like you asked but I need time to remove the intake manifold. I think you may be correct though. Everything is set correctly now and i do have compression but it doesn't look good. 1-115 2-105 3-137 4-102 5-130 6-121 w/ oil 1-125 2-115 :/

I think i figured it out! I really hope it just this stupid... I just rechecked the cam gears. I set the crank pulley to zero, again. And the cam gears were pointing directly left! wtf, I know I checked this, so I kept turning the crank until the cam gears were pointing up and there is a nick...

hehe. yup. the intake gasket is stock. And I press the acceleration when I do the compression test.

One thing I'm confused about is how ALL cylinders have zero compression. If there was some interference I would think some of then would have bend. I mean, it is not possible for all the valves to be open when I turned the crank. And when I turned the cam gear, its not possible for all the...

I do have an air compressor with a spark plug fitting. Is it the 272 cams that make the motor an interference issue? I also have a thicker headgasket.

That is something I don't have at the moment.

Basicly yes, the exhaust cam was not in, the intake was.

Only by hand to put the crank to zero. Would the valves hit the pistons? Wouldn't i feel that?

valve clearances at the minimum spec....about .15 for the intake and .20 on the exhaust I belive. I did turn the crank...to put it at zero, then I turned the cam gears to zero. Once everything was set I turned the the whole motor twice to make sure there was no interferance.

The cam gear pins? yes, there are 3 holes. The pins are in the middle of the 3.

I did the test with the valve covers off. I could try that. After I recheck all this timing stuff. I did take apart my cam gears to clean them...maybe something happened.

I got forgot to mention that I thought it was the compression guage too. So I bought a second one and got the same results. Unless there is 2 marks on the cams gears and crank pulley, timing would be good but I'm going to check it another way tonight.