[Shotimes] Cam question...swap thereof

[Leigh Smith]

Frank;
Chances are you will need to adjust some clearances via new shims.
Your swap boils down to a cost of new 3.2L head gaskets, vs a few shims. My
guess is you'll need less than half, since you have 2 engines worth of shims
from which to choose. New shims are still available thru SHO-nut. Cost wise,
I'd call it close to a trade-off, maybe favoring the shims.
I'd be more concerned with the condition of the heads, specifically the
valve guides. I'd go with whichever head set has less miles, saw better oil
changes, burned less oil, or shows less oil on the piston tops. That and the
3.0 cams.
My .02
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank "SHOrage" Costa" <SHOrage@brothersofmetal.org>
To: "1 SHOTIMES" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 1:33 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Cam question...swap thereof


> Hello, I was planning on putting in a 3.2 in my sho and i now have a
> completely disassembled 3.0.....and a 3.2 with heads in place and cams
> removed....
>
> Can i theoretically just swap all of the cam works? Such as the cam,
shims,
> and all that straight to the 3.2 heads without worrying about a valve
> adjustment? I have had the 3.0 adjusted right before it came out of the
car.
> The 3.0 heads are still whole but without valve cover and removed from the
> block.
>
> I want to do the cheapest 3.2 transplant....
>
> Should i
>
> A) Remove the 3.2 heads (which are still in place untouched without
cams)..and
> swap the whole head from the 3.0 or
>
> B) Remove the cams from the 3.0 heads ( which are removed from the motor
but
> cams in place) and put those on the 3.2 heads which are still on the block
> untouched...
>
> Just wondering what the gurus think....
>
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