I'm sure this has been discussed before, but does anyone know of an aftermarket cam for the vulcan? I have found roller rockers and such, but can't find a high perf cam. Also, is it possible at all to swap out the heads on a duratec with the vulcan? I'm not even sure if they use the same block. I'm sure that new heads would mean a whole new lower and upper intake, too.

 

I've seen a few companies that offer aftermarket performance cams for the Ranger Vulcan ...I don't see why they couldn't also do something with a Taurus Vulcan. Here's one:

Camcraft Cams

Also, Duratec heads will not fit on a Vulcan ...the Duratec is a double overhead cam design (DOHC) as opposed to the OHV Vulcan ... they are two very different engines.

 

I know that it's a DOHC, that's what I want. I was curious if the blocks are the same so the head could be swapped out. I know that it would be a great deal easier to just do an enitre engine swap, I was just wandering IF it could be done. BTW, thanks for the cam info.

 

Regarding the proposed head swap, the issue actually has been kicked around a little bit more at the Taurus Car Club of America. You might try poking around over there, maybe do a few searches, you may find some more specific information on the subject.

 

Thanks. P.S. Do you guys ever sleep?

 

okay, so consider me a real idiot about cams. what is advance duration, and valve lift and lobe separation? are those degrees of rotation?

 

ok so the vulcan is a overhead cam? its not push rod is i thought earler?

 

I'm no expert myself ...but try checking out these articles for starters:

Camshaft & Valve Basics

Camhaft Basics

The Vulcan is a 60-degree V-block pushrod design w/overhead valves (OHV).

The Duratec, on the other hand, is a Double Overhead Cam design (DOHC).

 

OH, I had been under the ompression that the vulcan was a SOHC, no wonder the duratec heads won't work. Rather than replacing the cam, I'll just put in 1.6 or 1.7 roller rockers then. Thanks for the articles, they are really interesting reading.

 

thanks for clearing that up Rockledge.