Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... April 30, 2009, 08:15:42 PM As some of you know, I'm swapping my TFS-1 out for a custom grind Ed Curtis cam. Today's holdup was a dropped (and lost) 10* valve lock retainer. YAYThankfully SK Speed had them in stock. I grabbed a couple extra.On a side note I'm actually VERY lucky I tore back into this thing....The Fel-Pro 1250 intake gasket was about ready to let go on the driver side. No leakage, but it was warped.....very odd. Part of it had extended past the water passage opening. My guess is it had another couple of hundred miles.....Considering it was only 8000 miles old I'm disappointed. Everything was torqued properly last time too.--Valves are done on the driver side head. --Old cam is out and looks PRISTINE. It will be for sale with the old springs/ locks/retainers shortly.--Still have to do passenger side--Still have to determine new pushrod length.I WILL need new ones. The lobe base circle is .110" smaller. That's what happens when you get .565" lift... Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #1 – April 30, 2009, 08:28:06 PM cool man, good luck on the rest of the install. Did you and Dave compare cams? I'm curious of how different they are between Jay and Ed your combos are pretty similar Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #2 – May 01, 2009, 02:56:19 PM Most of my keepers fell in the middle of the car underneath where I couldn't reach them. Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #3 – May 01, 2009, 03:31:54 PM This one hit the frame rail and just ---- disappeared. I know it hit the floor afterward, but it faded into another dimension after that. Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #5 – May 01, 2009, 07:20:45 PM I'm going down to the shop to get some done on it now.... Pics to come. Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #6 – May 02, 2009, 10:45:38 AM So any updates? Is the Ed Curtis cam a billit one like Jay's? I should really call Jay and get a cam but I'd like to redo my AOD first and get a good torque converter. Plus I lost the spec sheet for my engine and I don't remember how far or in the pistons are in the hole Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #7 – May 07, 2009, 03:33:29 AM How you making out on the car? Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #8 – May 07, 2009, 05:02:18 AM Quote from: V8Demon;270067This one hit the frame rail and just ---- disappeared. I know it hit the floor afterward, but it faded into another dimension after that.Somehow 2 header bolts did that to me. I did find a nut that fell into the frame rail the other day. One less rattle. Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #9 – May 07, 2009, 05:33:02 PM Well, nothing has been accomplished since Friday. I've been too busy with other stuff and my friend can't touch it either. My car is outside the shop now. Seems every asshole who needed a brake job decided to do it THIS WEEK Can't do anything on the car out in the rain....So it's just sitting, ripped apart.This weather has been unbelievable. I think it's rained more in the past week than the previous 3 months combined. I think we've had 4 hours without rain in 6 days...This is part of the reason I put it off for so long....I KNEW once I had it ripped open I'd get railroaded. The curse strikes yet again. Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #10 – May 07, 2009, 05:35:08 PM I hear ya , I got the same problem here. Can't wait for the rain to stop.. I got 2 cars to finish up myself than I can get to mine. Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #11 – May 07, 2009, 05:50:29 PM I'm gonna have to pump the combustion chambers out just to be on the safe side. Flush everything with tranny fluid too. The heads are on and the hood is too, I even covered the holes up (didn't tape them though), but with hhis much rain everything has that "sweat" on it... Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #12 – May 07, 2009, 06:42:08 PM Sounds like my job, had to play with the rain, should be a good growing year. Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #13 – May 07, 2009, 06:44:51 PM If it's like this at the end of the month, I'm not opening my pool this year. I used it 5 times last year and it was only usable for 8 weeks -- August was a bust. If not for my daughter, I'd have tore it down already and got a hot tub. Quote Selected
Cam swap: It doesn't end at the cam.... Reply #14 – May 08, 2009, 02:25:44 PM Man that sucks. Hell we got an extra 2 inches of rain this April and it's been raining like crazy in May so far. I think I've only driven the T-bird about 4 times because of all this rain...... Quote Selected
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