Looking to install the TFS Stage 2 cam and wanted to know what else to do with it while im in there

Cam specs:
2,500-3,000 rpm stall converter or five-speed recommended
Duration @ .050" - 224°/232°
Valve Lift with 1.6 Rocker - .542/.563
Lobe Separation - 112°

Thanks guys

 

Didn't you just have a thread going about this?

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...age-2-cam.html

Not really much you can do with the cam besides degree it properly instead of just tossing it in the block. If you want to do more maintenance stuff, this would be an obviously good time to replace the timing chain, water pump, gaskets, etc. since it must be removed.

Still not recommending this cam for a street machine. There's a reason Trick Flow markets them as "Track Max" cams and not "Street Max".

 

You're going to want to get a aftermarket computer or rewire for a mustang computer. The cam will start making good power right about the time the factory rev limiter comes into play.
You are going to want to regear to 4.56s if you have a tire taller than stock, and 4.88s if you are over 33s. And a stall converter plus a modified valvebody to speed up shifts.

I second GnRs post, I have dealt with a very similar cam in one of these trucks, and I'll give you the rundown. And evolution of the truck. As it was a close friends and I helped with most of the changes. In his defense, his cousin gave him the cam and told him it would make good power...power yes for a small vehicle.
94 maf 5.0, ported truck intake, long tubes custom exhaust, 4r70w, 3.31s, sas swap (axles ended up being 3.55s for first gear swap), 33s. Cam 224/224 @.050 .480 lift. 112lsa.
Truck was a dog off the line and needed to have overdrive off till 65. Sounded like a mustang dragging a 25 foot bay liner when accelerating.
So we swapped in 4.11s front and rear, the truck responded decent it was pretty much back to stock 0 to 60 acceleration feel and was pretty close to running side by side with my blazer. (If we put the stock 235 75s on it ripped pretty good, but noticed it would rev limit at the top of first pretty bad going to second).
Fast forward to the fall and he is given some half life 35s. They get installed and he gives away the 33s. Truck is a slug again, regear to 4.56s helps but probably should have been 4.88s. Now it does alright but the quick rise in rpms is too fast for the trans slow factory shifts, especially in low range in the mud. Rev limit every gear because the cam comes on hard right around where the factory cam falls off. So now you're leaving 1200 rpm on the table because the truck limit is 5500ish and the cam is good much higher.
That truck died and he ended up with a stock 5.0 in a 89 truck. Regear to 4.56s and 35s and liked it so much better with the stock engine than all the modifications. So be careful on what cam you pic. A cool sound can end up costing you a couple grand to work half way decent.