what kinda bearing clearance/ oil weight are you running?

 

my gay ass comp wont load the vid what kind of motor?????

 

So run it, pop the valver cover and see if the rockers can move up and down. That'll tell you if your lifters are up.

It sounds like your shims got mixed up or one popped out. Both would leave the rocker tilted until the cam lobe comes around and whacks it.

 

bearing clearance is .001 on the mains and like .0016 on the rods. 10w30

all the shims are in place.
ill have to run it again and watch the rockers.

and its an SR20DET.

 

is the noise worse on cold startup

 

doesnt seem to be. seems to be a consistant noise weither the motor is cold or warmed up. I havent had it warmed up too many times, i havent even pulled it off jack stands yet, noise worries me too much.

 

UPDATE:
After the car sat for a few weeks went back and restarted it to play with it some more, noise has calmed down alot and seems to be directly in the front and not all over the head anymore. As far as chain slack goes between the two cams its taught but there is some lateral play(against the rollers not up and down slack) that i dont think is normal but i could be wrong, also, down at the bottom of the driver side (guide side) is where the slack is below the cam, but thats where the crank pulls on the chain so it should be taught correct? with a stethiscope was able to pin point the noise to the tenisoner, but have already replaced the tensioner twice. Is there some portion of the equation i am missing here? or should i toss a brand new chain in it and let it eat?

 

FIXED.... cracked chain guide. weird that a hairline crack in the plastic lining of the chain guide could cause such a rukus

 

at least its fixed. must have been a bitch to find that crack.