Stock 1987 HO cam

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Stock 1987 HO cam

September 24, 2009, 08:33:49 PM

I've got the HO computer and 19# injectors on order, but scoring a stock HO cam is proving to be difficult. I've been searching the forums for a few hours and I'm going to take the advice to not run anything more radical than a bone-stock cam with a SD setup. It's going in my 1987 motor, so I presume that I need a cam for hydraulic roller lifters (true? can I use my existing lifters?) Anyhow, I'm hoping that the cam is the last piece that I need.

Location: ZIP 19015.

Stock 1987 HO cam

Reply #1 – September 24, 2009, 09:40:20 PM

Try the corral.net for the cam and I would replace the lifters. Years ago I had to pull my motor apart to replace a bad lifter and it really sucked because I had the motor apart a couple months before that.

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Reply #2 – September 24, 2009, 09:41:08 PM

You can use the existing lifters and rockers.Just swap the cam.I have one for sale,but it goes as a set with the computer and injectors.Did you check Ebay and the Corral?

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Reply #3 – September 24, 2009, 10:28:25 PM

Thanks for the tip, Vin! I went and posted on the corral forums. eBay came up empty, I've been searching for hours.

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Reply #4 – September 24, 2009, 10:53:53 PM

I have one i'll let go for 40+ shipping if your interested.
Came out of my 91HO engine with 100 000km's.
It's in mint condition,the only reason i swapped it out is because i went to a trickflow stage1.
If you have an 86-88+ 5.0L then it already has the roller lifters which you can reuse.
If it has flat tappets then you must change the lifters.

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Reply #5 – September 24, 2009, 11:00:33 PM

Sounds fine to me :D It would be going in my '87. Do you want to PM me when you have a total? My ZIP is 19015.

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Reply #6 – September 24, 2009, 11:29:04 PM

I'll get ya a total for tommorow evening for canada post ground shipping to the usa.

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Reply #7 – September 25, 2009, 02:53:14 AM

the 91-93 cats and birds with a 5.0 used the 93 cobra spec cam...

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Reply #8 – September 25, 2009, 07:18:55 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/5-0-mustang-camshaft_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem2c50f8e02eQQitemZ190337048622QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/5-0-mustang-camshaft_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem2c50f8e02eQQitemZ190337048622QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Stock 1987 HO cam

Reply #9 – September 25, 2009, 08:12:48 AM

Quote from: Haystack;292546

the 91-93 cats and birds with a 5.0 used the 93 cobra spec cam...

Im a little uninformed about the 93 cobra cam, what is the difference from the HO?

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Reply #10 – September 25, 2009, 05:37:12 PM

I've always heard the H.O cam actually had more low end than the Cobra cam....BUT,the Cobra had 1.7 roller rockers and GT 40 heads.

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Reply #11 – September 27, 2009, 05:57:20 AM

the 93 cobra had better parts like vinnie said. Also, the 91-93 cars had a cruddier intake and the lower rating for HP that year then the mustang. The 94-95 mustangs had the same intake with a few better parts, but only made 10 hp more and used the regular H.O. cam from my reading. I really think the cobra cam is slightly better and its alot easier to find a 91-93 cat/bird then a mustang around here.

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Reply #12 – September 27, 2009, 04:08:05 PM

The Cobra spec cam is more of a torque cam...Ford's way of keeping the freer breathing '93-'95 Cobra engine a nice all around performer. That cam worked out nicely in the MN-12 cougars/birds because it traded a little top end HP for low end torque. Not ALL MN-12 5.0's came with the cobra-spec cam, some were equipped with the good ol' HO cam.