Cam's in Cali....
I just did a cam install, it's not hard but does take time. me and three very lazy friends did it in seven hours, but don't cam it if you can't pay to have it tunned. I am having to sell stuff now to get money for a tune, but here is a list of tools that will make the job not so bad (not all the tools just the ones someguys dont have)
1/2 air drive impact (for lower pully)
3 arm pully puller
crane cams valve spring tool (this tool is the best)
clyender compresser (sorry I cant spell, screws in the spark plug hole)
a tool to push the pully on, or like I did a big hammer and a 2x4
very important go to auto store and get some small brake line (hard metal line), you need two of them both a little longer than the cam, these are to slide in the holes to hold the lifters up.
I think thats it
1/2 air drive impact (for lower pully)
3 arm pully puller
crane cams valve spring tool (this tool is the best)
clyender compresser (sorry I cant spell, screws in the spark plug hole)
a tool to push the pully on, or like I did a big hammer and a 2x4
very important go to auto store and get some small brake line (hard metal line), you need two of them both a little longer than the cam, these are to slide in the holes to hold the lifters up.
I think thats it
so i have the cam picked out, but i have no idea how to install, so here come the dumb questions....Cherry picker? dont you have to take the engine out to do all this ****... and if i have done very little on cars is it a bad idea to do this myself? i have an uncle who is going to help me, he is a mechanic so do you guys think that just through internet guides and books we can do this without ruining anything?
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From: Riverside, CA
Originally Posted by @nthony
i know that with a tune
but summit says on the package that it cannot be shipped to CA
but it got here...
maybe a gearhead took the order
but summit says on the package that it cannot be shipped to CA
but it got here...
maybe a gearhead took the order
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Originally Posted by 00Formula00
so i have the cam picked out, but i have no idea how to install, so here come the dumb questions....Cherry picker? dont you have to take the engine out to do all this ****... and if i have done very little on cars is it a bad idea to do this myself? i have an uncle who is going to help me, he is a mechanic so do you guys think that just through internet guides and books we can do this without ruining anything?
where are you at, if you need some help just let me know
Originally Posted by orangefun
I just did a cam install, it's not hard but does take time. me and three very lazy friends did it in seven hours, but don't cam it if you can't pay to have it tunned. I am having to sell stuff now to get money for a tune, but here is a list of tools that will make the job not so bad (not all the tools just the ones someguys dont have)
1/2 air drive impact (for lower pully)
3 arm pully puller
crane cams valve spring tool (this tool is the best)
clyender compresser (sorry I cant spell, screws in the spark plug hole)
a tool to push the pully on, or like I did a big hammer and a 2x4
very important go to auto store and get some small brake line (hard metal line), you need two of them both a little longer than the cam, these are to slide in the holes to hold the lifters up.
I think thats it
1/2 air drive impact (for lower pully)
3 arm pully puller
crane cams valve spring tool (this tool is the best)
clyender compresser (sorry I cant spell, screws in the spark plug hole)
a tool to push the pully on, or like I did a big hammer and a 2x4
very important go to auto store and get some small brake line (hard metal line), you need two of them both a little longer than the cam, these are to slide in the holes to hold the lifters up.
I think thats it
yea.... and a full day to give yourself plenty of time to 
afterwords 
god damn...i just talked to my tuner and he said i wouldn't be able to pass with a TSP 228R 112 
which was what i was hoping for...so i guess im going with a 224/224 112 
california sucks
which was what i was hoping for...so i guess im going with a 224/224 112 california sucks 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Thund...40025734QQrdZ1
If I were to buy this cam would I be able to pass smog and how much hp gain would I be looking at with a good tune? Would I need to mod anything else like the heads? Thanks for the help. I love this site.
If I were to buy this cam would I be able to pass smog and how much hp gain would I be looking at with a good tune? Would I need to mod anything else like the heads? Thanks for the help. I love this site.
we have them, theyre called roller lifters. just paint em green.
Originally Posted by ss496
cams???? your not allowed to have cams in california you have to hire leperchans to open and close the valves