Roller Cam?
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Roller Cam?
Looking at some of the old posts about the cams in these trucks (I did a search) it seems that some came with roller cams and some did not? I have a 96 F150 with a 302, is there any way to tell if has a roller cam other than tearing it apart? This truck sees semi regular mud time and also is a daily driver, i want to be able to hear the cam talking, yet still be able to tow my bass boat. it has a 5 spd transmission and a gear swap is coming soon, not sure of 4.11s or 4.56s. any suggestions for a cam? or which gears i should use? the truck is sitting on 33s now and im considering 35s one day if the budget ever permits the extra lift
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Conanski, looking at the specs for that cam, i would have to rewire it to the HO firing order, i can do that, but i have also been looking at a comp cam grind number 35-308-8 that is a little bigger, its a .533/.533 lift with 210/215 duration at .50 with 116 degrees lobe seperation. i know i would have to change the valvesprings, but do you think this cam would be ok? the rpm range is 1200 to 5500
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scratch that, looking on comps website it says that i would have to have the heads machined to fit, not looking to do all that right now, will probably go with the isky
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Your '96 motor uses the HO firing order so there are no changes to make. Part of the reason I suggested that cam is because it keeps valve lift under 1/2", that seems to be about the limit for the stock valvetrain. It also has a tighter LSA and that helps make TQ.. something the 5.0 deperately needs help with.
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Your '96 motor uses the HO firing order so there are no changes to make. Part of the reason I suggested that cam is because it keeps valve lift under 1/2", that seems to be about the limit for the stock valvetrain. It also has a tighter LSA and that helps make TQ.. something the 5.0 deperately needs help with.
