Originally Posted by michael yount Well - we get posts like this every now and then. If you put that cam in your car what you'll have is a car that probably will be very disappointing to you. It will likely make less average power and torque over the whole rpm range; it will lose a bunch of torque down low making it not much fun to drive; fuel mileage will be killed; without changing valve springs, it likely won't rev high enough to access more power on the top end without floating the valves.
Other than that -- it's a great idea.
If you have gear and intake done - add long tubes and exhaust; flat panel K&N in the stock box with silencer removed; bump timing to 14 btdc; add weld-in subframe connectors; add a 70mm maf off of a 94-5 Stang; add 65mm throttle body off of an Explorer and LEAVE THE CAM STOCK. Those changes will really wake it up; won't hurt emissions; may actually improve fuel mileage.
Do you want one with a roughed up idle that runs like crap? Or one that sounds basically stock but runs MUCH better? If you still want the roughed up idle - run a vacuum line into the interior. Put a cap over the end. When you're cruising into the cruise-in, pull the cap off creating a massive vacuum leak. It'll idle really rough - everyone will think you have an E cam. Then you can cap it up for the ride home --- and have the car work really well. Save your money for a set of heads -- camshaft last, after all else is done.
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The first thing people want to change to the engine is always the cam when it should be the last thing. The cam depends on what heads, intake, compression, rear gears, transmission, use of the car, and many other things.
Right now, you might get the cam sound everyone wants but without pairing it with other parts, it'll be a slug. Less performance with no extra power for that cam sound would be the result.
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The first thing people want to change to the engine is always the cam when it should be the last thing. The cam depends on what heads, intake, compression, rear gears, transmission, use of the car, and many other things.
Right now, you might get the cam sound everyone wants but without pairing it with other parts, it'll be a slug. Less performance with no extra power for that cam sound would be the result.
Couldn't have said it any better!
The performance of the stock 5.0 cam is actually somewhat decent compared to the performance of the stock intake and heads. The heads and intake need to go ASAP if you really want to make some power.
Cam should be the last thing you change.
Whoever posted that little article... That vacuum line in the interior is funny. That's another one of those "It's cheaper to SOUND and LOOK fast than to BE fast!"
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