Nickctp
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 07:23 AM |
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Swapping Cam - X flow
Does anyone see any issues with taking a fast road cam from one engine and putting in another? Will there be issues? - or is it better to just buy a
new one?
Money saving as usual!!!
Cheers
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steve m
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 07:36 AM |
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If i was to do it, i would change the bearings as well,
Steve
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Nickctp
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 07:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
If i was to do it, i would change the bearings as well,
Steve
Cheers steve - big job all in all or pretty straight forward? - never changed cam before!!
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mcerd1
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 07:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nickctp
big job all in all or pretty straight forward?
thats going to depend on how much space you have around the engine when you work on it...
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Nickctp
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 07:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:
Originally posted by Nickctp
big job all in all or pretty straight forward?
thats going to depend on how much space you have around the engine when you work on it...
Engines on bench and plenty of room in garage (ish) 
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steve m
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 07:54 AM |
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The bearings on a xflow are pretty easy to do
You will need to drift them out/in with a socket and long extension bar, and make sure the oil hole is in the right place when putting them back in
Use cam lube when inserting the camshaft,
Steve
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Nickctp
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 08:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by steve m
The bearings on a xflow are pretty easy to do
You will need to drift them out/in with a socket and long extension bar, and make sure the oil hole is in the right place when putting them back in
Use cam lube when inserting the camshaft,
Steve
Thanks.
The engine that I want to put the fast road cam in has been rebilt but is pretty standard - So basically I want to take the fast road cam from a
poorly engine and transplant it to the good one. Still do bearings?
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mcerd1
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 08:20 AM |
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if the bearings are new / nearly new then you probably don't need to change them, but check them and the cam for damage/wear first
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wonderfulweasel
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 08:39 AM |
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You should also transplant the followers, keeping them in the same order. They will have 'run in' on a particular cam lobe.
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Nickctp
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 10:02 AM |
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Looking like it is quite a job then and need to be very accurate.
Does anyone know of any fitting guides etc?
N
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wonderfulweasel
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 10:30 AM |
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There is a Haynes type manual for the Xflow engine by Peter and Valerie Wallage that is a useful guide. It's called Rebuilding and Tuning
Ford's Kent Crossflow Engine.
There is a brief guide to timing camshafts in the Kent Cams catalogue, which is also on their website.
It's a fairly simple engine to work on, just take your time.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 22/8/12 at 01:24 PM |
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I would be less concerned about the cam bearings than the followers (provided the bearings aren't excessively worn). You must re-use the
followers that go with the cam, keeping them in the same order.
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