cam write-up
08-30-2006, 11:31 PM
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08-31-2006, 01:46 PM
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RE: cam write-up
i just did the install myself... they say you need a cam tool but you really dont.... the hardest part is getting either the valve covers off the car, or putting back on the timing chain onto the cam....
08-31-2006, 01:51 PM
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RE: cam write-up
well... this is how i did my cams..
i took off both valve covers.... pain in the ***.. you may have to remove other things to get them out
then i removed the cam gear bolts and slid off the cam gear with either zipties or something on it to keep the timing from being screwed up.
then i unbolted the cams and picked them straight out of the motor. i put the new cams in and bolted them down close to where they should be in timing... then i turned the cams till they were lined up with the cam gear and slid the gear back over the cam... this can take alittle work but its possible...
i took off both valve covers.... pain in the ***.. you may have to remove other things to get them out
then i removed the cam gear bolts and slid off the cam gear with either zipties or something on it to keep the timing from being screwed up.
then i unbolted the cams and picked them straight out of the motor. i put the new cams in and bolted them down close to where they should be in timing... then i turned the cams till they were lined up with the cam gear and slid the gear back over the cam... this can take alittle work but its possible...
06-07-2007, 11:32 PM
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RE: cam write-up
ORIGINAL: racer02GTstang
well... this is how i did my cams..
i took off both valve covers.... pain in the ***.. you may have to remove other things to get them out
then i removed the cam gear bolts and slid off the cam gear with either zipties or something on it to keep the timing from being screwed up.
then i unbolted the cams and picked them straight out of the motor. i put the new cams in and bolted them down close to where they should be in timing... then i turned the cams till they were lined up with the cam gear and slid the gear back over the cam... this can take alittle work but its possible...
well... this is how i did my cams..
i took off both valve covers.... pain in the ***.. you may have to remove other things to get them out
then i removed the cam gear bolts and slid off the cam gear with either zipties or something on it to keep the timing from being screwed up.
then i unbolted the cams and picked them straight out of the motor. i put the new cams in and bolted them down close to where they should be in timing... then i turned the cams till they were lined up with the cam gear and slid the gear back over the cam... this can take alittle work but its possible...
I was thinking of this the other day. lol
I guess it works.
06-12-2007, 07:18 PM
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RE: cam write-up
So does this method really work??? Just zip-tie the cam sprockets to the chain and then re-install on the new cams?? Please give more details and post any pictures of procedure!!! I'm about to do this for my wife's 2000 GT. Thanks!
06-12-2007, 07:30 PM
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RE: cam write-up
ORIGINAL: dtkikols
so you dont have to take the front of the engine apart? as long as you keeping the timing chain zip-tied to the sprocket?
so you dont have to take the front of the engine apart? as long as you keeping the timing chain zip-tied to the sprocket?