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Old May 28, 2010 | 11:37 PM
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Performance Upgrade

Hey Everyone!
I always see threads on this board about doing heads on motors, and throwing a better cam in it to get a power increase. The question I have is, is it ever to late to throw a cam in an engine? For instance my truck is a 94 F250 with a 5.8 I have 115,000 pretty damn easy miles on this truck. Is 115,000 miles to many miles to start doing work to an engine?

The reason I ask is because my oil pan is starting to rust a lot, and the gasket has a very very small leak. And everyone I have talked to say you have to either pull the engine, or lift it to get the oil pan off. So I was thinking if I pulled it, I could maybe throw a cam in it, and maybe some heads.

But would it do more harm or good to a 16 year old engine?

Thanks guy!!!!
 
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Old May 28, 2010 | 11:47 PM
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nope never to late to do that
 
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Old May 29, 2010 | 12:10 AM
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go for it! not too late. if you have it out already its a good opportunity to freshen it up with some new gaskets and such too
 
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Old May 29, 2010 | 12:33 AM
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nope its wayyy to late >=( lol just kidding mad if ya godd a pull it them do so gt-40 heads? ^.^ ?
 
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