yet another cam question.
07-10-2011, 05:54 PM
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yet another cam question. hello all,
i own a 02 z w/ 34k miles, super clean and garage kept. lid, shorty headers, and catback exhaust. i only drive the car to church on sundays, and road trips with the wife. reliability and mileage to an extent are important. that being said, i got spanked by a cobra the other day and it got me thinking it's time to put a cam in. i read through the cam guide and i seem to fit the 'lazy f#ck' category, so i am thinking a tr224 114 cam. so here come the unanswered questions:
as far as tools it looks like i will need a spring compressor and some dowel rods. any other tooling?
the haynes manual said to replace the lifters w/ the cam, but everywhere else seems to say use the old ones?
am i on track with a decent all around cam? i do not plan on racing the car, maybe hit the track once or twice for kicks.
thanks,
ben
i own a 02 z w/ 34k miles, super clean and garage kept. lid, shorty headers, and catback exhaust. i only drive the car to church on sundays, and road trips with the wife. reliability and mileage to an extent are important. that being said, i got spanked by a cobra the other day and it got me thinking it's time to put a cam in. i read through the cam guide and i seem to fit the 'lazy f#ck' category, so i am thinking a tr224 114 cam. so here come the unanswered questions:
as far as tools it looks like i will need a spring compressor and some dowel rods. any other tooling?
the haynes manual said to replace the lifters w/ the cam, but everywhere else seems to say use the old ones?
am i on track with a decent all around cam? i do not plan on racing the car, maybe hit the track once or twice for kicks.
thanks,
ben
07-10-2011, 10:35 PM
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Certainly one of the best all around cams ever made. You could call the fella
who originally designed it for a newer/better version @ EPS. You'll also need
a crank puller and torque wrench to preload the torque to yield balancer bolt.
...wierd seeing my last name as your post name..even spelled the same
who originally designed it for a newer/better version @ EPS. You'll also need
a crank puller and torque wrench to preload the torque to yield balancer bolt.
...wierd seeing my last name as your post name..even spelled the same
07-11-2011, 04:46 PM
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not often you find a reinhardt w/ same spelling. talking about pulling crank pulley, would it be worth it to put an underdrive pulley on there? would it adversely affect my a/c? i really like a/c, lol! thanks.
