What goes into swapping cams?

66Sprint6

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Im thinkin about swapping out my stock cam in the near future and was wondering what went into doing so? Does the engine need to be out of the car? How hard is this to do? I appreciate it guys!
Matt
 
You can do it in the car - it's not so bad. You need to remove the front bumper, and the valance. Pull the head, get all the lifters out, pull the radiator & fan, remove the crank blancer, timing cover, chain, distributor, fuel pump. Get a 4" long 3/8" - 16 bolt and thread it into the front of the camshaft. This will help you guide the old cam out and the new one in without knicking a cam bearing.
 
Like inliner said, you can do it in the car...but IMHO, it would be easier to do by pulling the engine, since that only requires a few bolts to be removed and since you may need to pull the head anyways...

Slade
 
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