Cam Swap????

[03SonicBlueL]

Has anyone changed a cam in a 94-95 cobra? I have heard that you will have serious idling problems. I am thinking about doing heads and an "F" cam. Will I have any piston to valve clearance problems? Any advice would be greatly appreciated....

 

[Scream'nCobra]

I put a b-cam in and had mild idling problems. Took the computer about 2 weeks to get used to it. I think you only need to notch the pistons with the x-cam, not the f. Honestly tho, i would avoid putting in an alphabet cam.

What heads are you swapping on? Depending on how mild to aggressive you want to be, the best cams out there are the Steeda #19, Comp Cams XE266HR. If not one of those, go custom.

Right now I have custom cam in and its a LOT bigger than those listed above and i have zero idling issues with stock computer.

 

[03SonicBlueL]

I was thinking about going with the GT-40X head. I know there are a lot better heads out there, but I am kind of anal about staying with Ford parts...
Can you get the cam in with the motor in place? Or do you have to jack it up some?

Thanks for the reply....

 

[95cobby]

No you dont have to take the motor out, but you have to take it all apart!

I was going to change my cam in my 5.0 but I decied not to after reading this article

http://www.alternativeauto.com/waterbox/wb_archives/cams.html

and got a blower instead!

 

[RippinSVT]

Basically you are pulling of the intake manifold, valve-covers, pushrods, front bumper, radiator, etc. It's not hard, just time consuming.

 

[Scream'nCobra]

I didnt need to take off my front bumper. I had to undbolt my radiator and just somewhat turn it out of the way. Like Rippin said, you will need to take off your intake (upper and lower), valve covers, and rods.

Do not be anal about staying with Ford parts. The aftermarket parts are much better and much more worth it.

 

[pitchblacksvt03]

I put a trick flow stage 1 cam in my friends 95 cobra and it idled fine and ran good with his s-trim.

 

[Lee]

thanks for the article "95cobby"!

 

[95cobby]

thanks for the article "95cobby"!

No problem! The cam in our cars is not bad at all and I think that people should look into it a little more before they dig into it. Now if they have a power adder of some type a cam would be a great benefit.

 

[crystal_SVT]

if im correct i think the 94-95 cpu's didnt take to well to cam changes. as far as cams go fms cams are good an proven but there are better ones, id look into a comp cam. i wish i woulda in my LX instead i went with the Xcam which isnt bad but again theres better. good luck

 

[Herrcomestroubl]

What all do you have done to the car?.... You could just throw in some bigger rollers. (its like puttin a cam in, to a degree...)

 

[WhiteDevil]

Yeah the 94-95 cobras CPU isnt thaaaat picky. As long as you keep the LSA of the cam abobe say 112 it wont really ahve a problem. I run the Crane 2031 cam and i use the Cobra J4J1 program with my tweecer and my car runs and idles great.

 

[SNSTR_SNK]

I was thinking about going with the GT-40X head. I know there are a lot better heads out there, but I am kind of anal about staying with Ford parts...
Can you get the cam in with the motor in place? Or do you have to jack it up some?

Thanks for the reply....

just curious why your anal about staying with ford parts when there is so much aftermarket out there. are you worried about quality or just want to stick with ford? not trying to pick at you or anything.