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PiNoY
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:15 pm 
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hey guys wondering how much does it cost to fit a cam on my ED

ball park figure?
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:26 pm 
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if ya lucky someone on here near ya might do it for ya cheap... like a slab or something hehe
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:27 pm 
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where bouts in melbourne are ya??
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:33 pm 
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which cam?

 

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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:49 pm 
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the 1636 from wadecams

location is doncaster east
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 2:15 pm 
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heh, you live near the pines?

 

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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:56 pm 
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yeah about 5mins from the pines

can you help us out?
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:35 pm 
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I have re-installed my own cam on my EA and its not very hard but in terms of aftermarket cams, Im not sure if you need to change valve springs or timing or whatever to prevent something from going wrong. I can give you a hand though if your up for it but I'm only available from monday onwards.

 

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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 5:09 pm 
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yer i'm not 100% sure whats involved for DIY

i'll have to research, if anyone can help would be nice :)
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 7:08 pm 
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theres a cam change doco in the technical documents section... read that, you'll be alright.


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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 2:56 am 
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yeah mate if you can use a socket set and arent to bad with doin mechanical stuff you should be able to do it no problems at all!
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 3:06 am 
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Rapier wrote:
yeah mate if you can use a socket set and arent to bad with doin mechanical stuff you should be able to do it no problems at all!


im going to try this myself too =( but if something goes wrong can someone give me a hand as well?

 

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ill give you a hand if you screw it up.

 

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