jmX

I've heard people telling others they'd need to remove the A/C condensor to swap cams (which is untrue). I've also heard people talk about the magnet trick to hold up the lifters.

Well, I happen to be swapping the cam on my car for the 5th time (dont ask) and I got a good shot proving the magnet thing works great, and the a/c can stay charged.

The magnet trick:


The A/C condensor hanging out of the way to give full clearance for the cam to come out:


Fun stuff. FYI, The magnets were in the automotive section at walmart, $1.88 apiece.

Red2000SS

Nice pictures!

What are you supporting that nylon strap tied to the AC condensor? Is it just tied to the hood???

And now for the $64,000 question:
What cam are you going with now???

You change cams about as often as I change my oil, LOL

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Plan B

Works on mine too!






This is what your trying to hold




Cheers!

mmiller

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JMX,

Can you post a picture of the magnet you bought from WalMart by itself? I plan on doing a cam swap myself and am interested in the magnet trick. Did you use air pressure to hold up the valves?

The Alchemist

iTrader: (19)

Very nice pics.

FYI, you don't need to hold up the valves to do just a cam since the valve springs are still in place.

Good work.

mmiller

iTrader: (1)

If you're upgrading the valve springs, which should be done on any cam install, you will need something to hold up the valves.

jmX

[quote]Originally posted by Red2000SS:
<strong>Nice pictures!

What are you supporting that nylon strap tied to the AC condensor? Is it just tied to the hood???

And now for the $64,000 question:
What cam are you going with now???

You change cams about as often as I change my oil, LOL

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Its tied to part of the latch on the underside of the hood. The hood supports the weight of the condensor.

I went with a thunder 224 cam on a 114lsa this time around...My last cam would have been perfect if it'd worked a little better above 6500rpms.

Hopefully this will be my last cam change in a long while. <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0">

jmX

MMiller, I'll post a pic of them when I get home from work tonight.

On my personal car, I've always installed heads at the same time as the cam, or I already had heads installed so I've never had to use air on my car. However, on other cars, an air compressor was used to hold the valves up.