Cam Help Needed!!! Anything Appreciated!!!
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Cam Help Needed!!! Anything Appreciated!!!
I have a 1995 F-150 EXT 4X4 with a 5.0L 302 in it. The engine is stock in it right now. I would like to upgrade the cam and heads on it. Does anyone have any advice on a good set of heads and aftermarket cam to replace the factory ones.
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Close.. the '95 5.0 has a decent roller cam in it already so I'd suggest you either add 1.7 rockers or swap in the comp 35-510-8 and keep the stock rockers. Upgrade the heads can be expensive though, because of all the other things you need to upgrade to feed them. If you just add 1.7 rockers to the stock cam then GT40 heads are a nice upgrade that won't completely max out the stock fuel system. If you upgrade the cam however, you'll need bigger injectors, possibly a pump, and some way to tune the computer to make it all cooperate. I'm assuming a complete hi-fow exhaust system behind all this btw, if you haven't already longtubes are the better way to go with a truck.
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Originally Posted by cheese5.0
would you give the same advice to someone with a 96 5.0? they're probably the same just figured i'd make sure
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Originally Posted by Conanski
Close.. the '95 5.0 has a decent roller cam in it already so I'd suggest you either add 1.7 rockers or swap in the comp 35-510-8 and keep the stock rockers. Upgrade the heads can be expensive though, because of all the other things you need to upgrade to feed them. If you just add 1.7 rockers to the stock cam then GT40 heads are a nice upgrade that won't completely max out the stock fuel system. If you upgrade the cam however, you'll need bigger injectors, possibly a pump, and some way to tune the computer to make it all cooperate. I'm assuming a complete hi-fow exhaust system behind all this btw, if you haven't already longtubes are the better way to go with a truck.