| 1995 Ford Mustang GT - My head/cam swap | ||
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I inherited a set of stock E7TE 5.0 heads
from a friend, so I bought some porting tools and went to work porting
them myself. I also bought a set of Crane valve springs, a Crane
2031 cam, longer Comp Cams pushrods since the cam was ground a smaller
base circle, Edelbrock double roller timing chain, ARP head bolts, and a
few other supporting things. What follows are some pictures of the
swap and very basic discussions. Note I stopped taking pictures
after having the car torn down to the heads. I just forgot from
that point on to take anymore pics.
This of course is a picture of what I had when I started.
Notice I already had the stock strut tower brace removed: This picture was taken with only the upper intake and stock air
intake tube removed. This was about 10 minutes into the swap Fast forward another 10-15 minutes and the lower intake is
removed. Going easy so far, right? This picture is after the radiator fan, overflow tank, and pass side
accessories were removed Radiator and a few other things in front of the motor gone: One of the ported heads with new valvesprings Crane 2031 cam ready to rock Driver's side accessories removed from the head (but not the car,
left the power steering and AC lines connected) And here's the last picture. Factory heads removed. Not
long after this picture, the ported heads were installed, then off came
the timing chain cover, stock timing chain, the AC condenser was rotated
up out of the way, and the stock cam was slid out to be replaced with
the Crane. After that, I began reassembly, but had to stop as I found my stock pushrods were a hair too short for the new cam. 3 days later, I had a new set of pushrods to go in, and resumed the install. After adjusting the rockers and putting the car back together, I had a few injector leaks. I took care of those, then noticed a coolant leak at the intake. *sigh* I tore the lower back off, fixed the problem, threw it back together for the last time, double and triple checked for injector leaks, then cranked it up. Unfortunatly I had one rocker that wasn't adjusted properly, but I had that fixed in about 15 minutes. I have $423 invested between the cam, gaskets, timing chain, pushrods, assembly lube, valve springs, and every other part. The only money I spent on the actual heads was about $25 for the porting tools that I can use again and again. Overall, a great value. The timing chain needed to be done anyway, as well as the fact that the factory valve springs were worn out, new valve seals were needed, and I don't have anymore leaks from the front crank seal. Not bad.
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