cam swap question
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Coral Springs, FL
cam swap question
I was planning on swapping heads and cam together but, I am missing a few miscellaneous parts for the head swap. I've recently found out that the shop I go to (with a lift) that's let's you do all the work yourself, will be closing soon. I figured I'd go ahead and do the cam swap and crank pin since I can utilize the lift there and do the heads later since that requires no lift. Question is, can I use the ecs small blower cam with stock springs for now since my new heads have the new springs on them. The lift on that cam is .580.
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Former Vendor
Joined: Jul 2014
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From: Harrodsburg KY
I was planning on swapping heads and cam together but, I am missing a few miscellaneous parts for the head swap. I've recently found out that the shop I go to (with a lift) that's let's you do all the work yourself, will be closing soon. I figured I'd go ahead and do the cam swap and crank pin since I can utilize the lift there and do the heads later since that requires no lift. Question is, can I use the ecs small blower cam with stock springs for now since my new heads have the new springs on them. The lift on that cam is .580.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Arkansas
The stock springs are rated to 550 lift under high revving conditions. They are good to 580 lift for normal cruising. So to answer your question - yes, you can drive it easily on the stock springs until you get the heads swapped. Don't rev the motor past 3K rpm.
