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Originally Posted by Shockwave78
Would the stock valvetrain cause the valves to hang open/not close all the way?
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Lets say that cam was ground on a 108, you installed it dot to dot. per instructions. But never degree it, now for some reason (gear set ) being off, you check it ( degree it in ). And it comes in at 114 thats severely retarded. So now its not filling the cylinders hence the low compression reading. No matter what aftermarket cam it is, you just can’t take for granted that its actually on a 108. Also it may not be the case, the cam is off, but it could be timing gear set itself, thats why the offer timing gear sets with 9 key ways. Hoping now you understand why ever cam should be degree and checked to make sure. This would now eliminate the cause of that being the power lost. Then you could move on to valve adjustment valve train being problem. I mean you did a could job on checking all the obvious things.