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Swapping Cam - X flow
Nickctp - 22/8/12 at 07:23 AM

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

steve m - 22/8/12 at 07:36 AM

If i was to do it, i would change the bearings as well,

Steve

Nickctp - 22/8/12 at 07:37 AM

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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!!

N

mcerd1 - 22/8/12 at 07:41 AM

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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...

Nickctp - 22/8/12 at 07:43 AM

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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)

steve m - 22/8/12 at 07:54 AM

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

Nickctp - 22/8/12 at 08:07 AM

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?

N

mcerd1 - 22/8/12 at 08:20 AM

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

wonderfulweasel - 22/8/12 at 08:39 AM

You should also transplant the followers, keeping them in the same order. They will have 'run in' on a particular cam lobe.

Nickctp - 22/8/12 at 10:02 AM

Looking like it is quite a job then and need to be very accurate.

Does anyone know of any fitting guides etc?

N

wonderfulweasel - 22/8/12 at 10:30 AM

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.

MikeRJ - 22/8/12 at 01:24 PM

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.