having trouble please read!!!

[Accord7SE_i]

WEll i just put on headers and a delta cam and every thing was going great till i got on the freeway and i was doing about 80. Then when i got off my engine was clunkuring,overheating, and stalling at every light just about. can somone please tell me what i did wrong or what is wrong!!!Thank you :(

[BITESIZE]

Your cam gear probably got fucked up. Did you set your timing just right, so your valves were'nt mucked up? Perhaps you Header gasket blew too Sorry to hear that.

[Accord7SE_i]

everything is new how can i blow a gasket?

[BITESIZE]

Gaskets are NOT good forever. Besides everyone who has put on an Aftermarket header has gone through gaskets like crazy, but if your engine is acting up, i'd say it's your timing, not the gasket.

[Accord7SE_i]

what is making the clunking sound!

[Accord7SE_i]

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[Mike's89AccordLX]

I have never needed to put a header gasket on just the exhaust pipe. I would say that the valves were adjusted wrong or the timing wasn't good with the valves. I hope everything works out for you.

[NXRacer]

did you run out of oil? that sounds like what happend when my oil pump went out.........for your sake i hope thats not what happend.

[Accord7SE_i]

no my oil pump did not go out. its all brand new."EVERYTHING"

[NXRacer]

Was it running fine until right before it started having problems?

I dont think that the cam would cause the engine to overheat....sounds like maybe something else is funny.....maybe the computer didnt adjust for the new cam. You could try disconnecting the battery and press on the brake for a few seconds to get the juice out of the computer then restart it and let it idle for a couple minutes (if it can) and see if the computer adjusts itself. Thats all i have for ideas. Maybe your thermostat is bad???? thats a strange problem.

[pedrosa]

first, you must check the timming belt and valve clearance and after tell me something. good luck..........

[1988starter]

Did you let the belt slip off the cam gear also you may want to check your head gasket.

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Oh that could be... it might have been a tooth off or something.

[Accord7SE_i]

I think it might be the timing. Maybe my mech. advanced it to much or somthing. or even the temp. stat is broke. ill ask my mech to check it out. thank you everyone.

[1988starter]

Esp if the belt slipped a tooth while driving

[Accord7SE_i]

well there was metal in the oil so what does that meen

[NXRacer]

It means you have some SERIOUS problems bro. Did it start knocking when it was stalling? what does the metal in the oil feel/look like?

[1988starter]

I seriously hope that delta didn't screw up your cam sometimes if they are not ground right the rockwell hardness of the lobes can mess up and the lobes will shread as they turn shooting metal into the engine and causing the valves to not work correctly. I would dissasemble the head right away and check your cam lobes.

[POS carb]

drop your oil pan and make sure all the rods are still there in 1 piece

[anchovies]

Sounds like a rod....

[1988starter]

did you ever figure this out.