Neophyte? When Installing a New Cam....

[LameHoof65]

Do I need to purchase anything else besides the cam and lube--to put in another cam., i.e., bearings, inserts...it doesn't seem logical that I can just lube it up and slide it in? I would think the lobes would not pass through, or will they? Just another new thing for me...If ordered from FSPP...what all comes with the cam? :roll: :roll:

 

[80broncoman]

Number 1 follow the instructions.
Always use NEW lifters (only exception is roller lifters)
Lube up cam lobes with lube designed for cam lobes, not oil.
Depending on lift and rpm range of cam new valve springs might be required
Follow instruction for proper cam break in.

 

[AzCoupe]

What Broncoman said (the cams come with a small tube of lube). Might be a good idea to replace the timing chain at the same time.

You certainly need to consider replacing the springs. The new springs need to match the rate which is suggested by the cam manufacturer. Failure to do so will void the cam waranty. This also may require new retainers and locks, depending on the springs you select.

 

[Mustang Boy]

does any1 make hydralic roller lifters for our sixes

 

[AzCoupe]

I am currently working on a roller cam kit and hope to offer one sometime later in the year. A proto type was successfully built and installed, but more testing needs to be done first, to assure reliability.

 

[66200i6]

Oops! I thought you were already stocking that setup, Mike. I was planning on ordering within the next several weeks.

My boring plate drawing is at the machinist and the engine build starts as soon as I get the finished plate. Is there an interim option available to me so the engine build can add the roller parts later?

Thanks, Ric.

 

[AzCoupe]

Are you talking about roller rockers, or a roller cam? There's a big difference.

I stock roller tipped rockers and full roller rockers. No one makes a roller cam for our sixes, not yet anyway.

 

[Anonymous]

Number 1 follow the instructions.
Always use NEW lifters (only exception is roller lifters)
Lube up cam lobes with lube designed for cam lobes, not oil.
Depending on lift and rpm range of cam new valve springs might be required
Follow instruction for proper cam break in.

i have mechanical lifters, the engine has only 2000 miles, i want to change the cam, i have to change the lifters??

 

[mugsy]

Darwin,

To answer some of your other questions. Unless they are worn out, you do not have to replace the bearings. Cam bearings require a special tool to install and is usually left to the pros. Cam bearing replacement is not "typically" done with the cam. All told I have replaced three cams between my project cars and have never replaced the bearings. All you have to do is lub it up and slide it in!!!

As for the lobes, they are smaller than the bearing race or whatever you call the part of the cam that rests on the bearings. They have to be, for our style of block!!! Just remember the "lift" of a cam is strictly the DIFFERENCE between the base circle and the nose of the lobe. You can actually regrind the cam from a low lift to a high lift; the base circle is basically made smaller.

 

[Inline6Merc]

Mike can you give some more infomation on the roller cam. Just like lobe center, lift, duration, ect. That would be awsome if you stock those. I think that would be just as cool as the alluminum head your designing. I was going to buy a hydrualic cam from you this summer but if you have roller cams i would definatly go that way.

LAter,

Curtis

 

[66200i6]

Mike, I am in the same boat. The plan as it stands is to install a Cam configuration that can be changed once your roller setup is available. Or, if we as your customers know ahead of time what the approx. delevery date mite be we could slide our block completion date to match.

Thanks, Ric.