PI CAMS DONE (PICS)

[98COBRA281]

well it took me most of the day, only because i had to drive 20 miles to a junk yard to get pi cam bolts out of a cop car between this and the pi intake i have noticed a big difference in power, any one that cannot afford a full pi swap i would really recomend doing this

 

[mazen189]

dang dude, your engine bay seems very clean. nice bro...nice.

 

[98COBRA281]

dang dude, your engine bay seems very clean. nice bro...nice.

thanks

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

Why couldn't you use your stock cam bolts?

 

[98COBRA281]

the ones that cam out of the npi cams were too big which i thought was weird so i went to a junk yard that has pi cop car took them out and they fit perfectly

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

the ones that cam out of the npi cams were too big which i thought was weird so i went to a junk yard that has pi cop car took them out and they fit perfectly

hmm, that's really odd. Thought they were the same. That actually sucks cuz my VT stage 1 cams are PI cams and i can't seem to find the PI washers and bolts i had - must have sent them with the last set of heads i sold off. Guess NPI sprocket bolts wont work on these either

 

[98COBRA281]

yeah i was supprised when i found this out i dont know why they would make pi ones smaller

 

[d98gt]

Yeah, for the cam swap you have to buy the pi cam bolts.

I got the new valve cover gaskets and bolts from Randy Stinchcomb

 

[98COBRA281]

yeah i got new valve cover gaskets too with grommets they were 50$

 

[forum155pl]

how did you get the cam gear off? did you have to unbolt the cams like we were talkin about or did you HE man it? lol

 

[four six]

hmm, that's really odd. Thought they were the same. That actually sucks cuz my VT stage 1 cams are PI cams and i can't seem to find the PI washers and bolts i had - must have sent them with the last set of heads i sold off. Guess NPI sprocket bolts wont work on these either

our 96-98 cam gears work on the Vt cams.

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

our 96-98 cam gears work on the Vt cams.

Sweet, same bolt too then?

 

[98COBRA281]

how did you get the cam gear off? did you have to unbolt the cams like we were talkin about or did you HE man it? lol

we un bolted the cam and that made the back of the cam lift up a little bit then we just kind of HE maned it, i was just worried that the tensioners would would tighten up but they didnt

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

Jim e-mailed me and said that VT cams take 12mm bolts, which is the size of NPI cam bolts. 99+ are 10mm bolts i guess.
Just FYI

 

[98COBRA281]

yeah im pretty sue that there 12mm the pi one are 10mm