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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:41 pm 
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Just wondering if this cam is any good?

http://www.cranecams.com/?show=browsePa ... e=camshaft

 

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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:27 pm 
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That cam is a very popular upgrade for 5.0L Falcons. Street manners & respectable horsepower at the same time. Just make sure your valvetrain can handle the revs & lift. The stock springs are pretty crap with any cam.

 

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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:15 pm 
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So whats involved with upgrading the valvetrain?

You said the stock springs are crap. What do you reccomend?

What about the rockers? Do i need new ones? Or change the ratio from the std 1.6.1 (i think) to 1.72.1

 

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Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:15 pm 
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If you choose to go with double valvesprings (which I recommend), then the cylinder heads need to be removed for machining.

The springs that are recommended by Crane for that cam are around 120lb closed, and 340lb open. The installed height on the AU heads are about 1.80"....I'll be running the same cam with the Crow 7333 springs installed at 1.78" (~135 closed, and 320 open)

I would change the rockers as well, too much chance of breaking a stock rocker with a more aggressive cam IMO.

Get the 1.6:1 YT Stealth rockers (ST2047 i think), the 2030 is designed for the 1.6:1 rockers.

More than likely, you will need different length pushrods as well. You wont know this until the cam is in and you can measure it properly with an adjustable pushrod.
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:12 am 
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How does this one compare to the 2040 cam ?

 

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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:07 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
How does this one compare to the 2040 cam ?

The 2040 is the same cam as the E303
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:52 pm 
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