Well the swap is complete and I love it. The car idles very nice. A bit lopey at times and sometimes just a bit rough. I am letting the computer learn itself before I start investigating anything. The swap should take about 1 full day or maybe a full weekend if you take your time but it was very easy considering. One thing I want to pass on is the most manuals call for a camshaft alignment tool but that is not necessary. I used a set of vice grips pliers on the exhaust camshaft clamped so that the pliers are being pushed into the intake camshaft in the middle. Since the cams want to turn a bit when you release the tensioners I used the pliers and a piece of flat steel with holes drilled in to match the camshaft gear bolts. (note pic with plate) then I just snugged them down and it helped alot with the holding the cams while you release the camshaft main plates slowly. Here are some of the pics, I am sorry because I forgot my digi-camera the day I started this job and I was not about to drive 40 mins. to get the camera when I can be working. So I had to use my phone. Here are some pics I took while I waited 3 weeks for cams. These are with my digital camera. I can give a more detailed write up for anyone who is interested. The cams are Crower's stage 2's- adv. duration 238/246, duration at .050 194/200, .472/.473 gross lift. Greg
Awesome!! can u get a sound clip of the idle. this is my next mod to do, and im not sure which cams to get, that will work with my blower. hows the newfound power? worht the money and install hassle?
Great pics. Can't wait to see what kind of gain you got from those babies! I have an 01 also and just starting considering this mod so I am very interested to see how you like them. Keep us posted.
As for the power I am not sure. I can definately feel a difference in torque on the bottom end and midrange. I am supposed to do a field test against my old trans am that my roomate has. So that will definately let me know what changed since we were about even before. I did this mod because I wanted to do something a bit different compared to other late model stangs. Not to mention that any supercharger for these cobras seem to run above 3-4 thousand and cams were a bit over 1. So to me cheaper is better to me. For only being on it a few days with minimal driving, I totally recommend this to anyone. I will be working on a write up today and will post it later. This was surprisingly easy to do. Greg
