[Shotimes] Question About Swapping Cams

[Ian Fisher]

If Frank's 3.0 heads have had the valve clearances
adjusted with the 3.0 cams, he should be able to swap
the entire 3.0 head over to the 3.2 block, cams, shim
and everything and not have to worry about readjusting
the clearances, correct? I would recommend checking
them but he may be better off just getting a new
fel-pro 3.2 headgasket set and doing that, right?

Ian


--- Robert Bruce <rbruce@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> Yes and No to your swap question.  You can just swap
> the cams, caps and
> shims from head to head.  After that is all done,
> you MUST measure and
> adjust each valve.  You could do this adjustment
> with the heads sitting on
> the workbench (sitting on a couple of 2x4s to allow
> valve travel clearance).
> This will be much easier than doing it "under the
> hood" and will get them
> close enough for operation.  I would further suggest
> that you measure the
> valves again after the heads are bolted to the
> engine block.  This would
> accommodate any clearance changes caused by
> torqueing the head bolts in
> place.
> 
> These motor are definitely non-interference with oem
> cams.  That does
> provide certain comforting assurances.
> 
> Use plenty of lube on the cam bearing journals and
> lobes.  Tighten down the
> journal caps evenly & just a little bit at a time. 
> This will assure that
> you won't create any binding the journals as the
> valve springs start to
> compress.
> 
> As for timing, the chain sprockets have a mark on
> each of them.  These to
> marks need to be aligned as far from each other as
> possible.  When in proper
> location they are lined up with the top edge of the
> head (valve cover
> seating surface).  For the left head (front Head)(B
> head) the exhaust cam's
> mark will be at 9:00 and the intake at 3:00, as
> viewed from the end of the
> head.  For the right head, it's just a mirror image.
>  Exhaust at 3 and
> intake at 9.
> 
> Frank,
> I will e-mail you complete instructions from the
> Ford Service Manual, with
> drawings.  This will make cam timing quite clear.
> 
> 
> Robert Bruce
> 92 w/3.2
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Frank "SHOrage" Costa
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 1:04 AM
> To: 1 SHOTIMES
> Subject: [Shotimes] Question About Swapping Cams
> 
> 
> If i were to swap the cams right now from the still
> intact 3.0 head to the
> dismantled 3.2 head.....
> 
> Can i just...
> 
> Unbolt the cam caps, move shims over to the new head
> in proper
> sequence...and
> then just place the cam over the shims and then cap
> em?
> 
> And if i can, how do i know which way to have the
> cams facing as in
> timing...
> 
> For some reason i am happy this motor is not
> interference but i have to make
> sure with everyone on the list....
> 
> Then when all is said and done Adjust the valves...
> 
> Bottom line is,  i got parts in the shed but not
> valve adjustment
> tools....which means i cant remove the shims from
> the old head before
> removing
> the cam and vice versa....
> 
> For now, i wanna get as much done as i can.....
> 
> 
> Frank Costa and the "Silver Bullet" soon to be a 3.2
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