My cam plate came loose and the cam walked grooving the cam and followers
What are the most popular swaps other than a ranger cam ?
I have a Ford Motorsports A237 in mine. I don't think they can be had new anymore but they can be found pretty easily used and are rollers so unlikely to be worn out unless something catastrophic happened in the head.
A few other popular options are Esslinger and Engle cams. Do yourself a favor and avoid Boport unless you can afford to lose your money or potentially wait years to get your product.
This is what the A237 sounds like in my car.
http://youtu.be/Ig3c5Ac6zhI
Thanks
Will the cam clear the top of the core support when pulling it out ?
It looks close
Anyone know what kind if lift the stock springs will take ?
Call Schneider cams Jerry is the best with the 2.3. remember you have to use a roller but the roller followers are OBSOLETE. Essie has them but do not use his cams. Also make sure you do not use a reduced base circle cam or you will have to shim the HLA'S. Call jerry he is the best and very affordable. The ranger and 237 is not a cam i would use. just me
You may have to jack up the engine to clear the cam. Not a big deal
Thanks Tom
My cam cleared the core support without having to jack the engine up but I have heard of others that didn't. The cam just barely hit the top of my radiator but it was easy enough to pull the fans off, undo the upper radiator hose, and unbolt the radiator to lean it toward the engine.
I made a valve spring compressor that worked ok but I recommend buying one to make the job easier.
Not sure about the stock valve springs but I would swap them out if going with a cam that has more lift than stock. I didn't swap mine out and now I'm having to go back and do it to see if it will resolve my upper rpm issues.
Yea I was wondering how hard it would be to get a spring compressor in there
Some were super easy to get to but some had stuff in the way. Here is the spring compressor I made...
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I just ordered one of these though... should make stuff a lot easier...
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Yea I need to pick up a new one
Better change the springs, We run double springs but the head has to come off and the spring pockets machined. Buy the tool you will not regret it
Sounds like a plan
Why not the Essie cams? I'm thinking about the 2277 for my 2.3T.
One way to clear the rad and rad support is to lower the trans. I removed the passenger side crossmember bolt and with a jack under the trans, slowly lowered it until the front of the engine was pointing up. Didn't need to lower it much at all. Then slid the cam out over the rad support.
Tom, why you don't recommend Ranger roller cam for 2.3T application? I'm looking for a replacement of my stock cam and I would like not to use another stock cam, as it will get damaged again quite soon. Unfortunatelly I'm quite tight on my budget and I can't afford $500 cam now. I'm not looking for any brutal cam at all.