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Oct 12, 2004 | 04:25 PM

4.9LFord

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Cam ?'s - How much will it cost, etc?

I would like to put a new cam in my '95 300, how much would this probobly set me back? And does a a cam add hp/torque, and will it give it a more throaty sound comen out of my glasspack?

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Oct 13, 2004 | 12:32 AM

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i would say about $200-250 depending on what u replace. u need the cam, lifters, timing cover gasket, side cover gasket, valve cover gasket (may be able to re-use the old one), throttle body gasket and EGR gasket. also, while ur at it i would replace the composite gears with some steel ones from a late 70s f-150 with a 300. they should set u back about $35-40.

the cam i used what the crane power max truck cam, it was $109 from summit, lifters were about $40 and gaskets (cant quote an exact price, i got a master gasket set...)

Oct 13, 2004 | 01:30 PM

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did the new cam and lifters etc. help out the power of you 300? and did it hurt the gas mileage.

Oct 13, 2004 | 01:35 PM

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well in my old engine it definatly helped in the power dept. gas milage always sucked for me so i cant say. havent driven the truck much since the new engine so i cant say...

Oct 13, 2004 | 01:39 PM

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did you install your cam yourself or have it done somewhere? I'm wonderin if it'd be hard to do with the efi and everything, i dont wanna end up breakin somethin and haven to spend more money to just get it runnin again.