Brenspeed Cams Done!

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10HoleLX

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Mar 24, 2011

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• Mar 24, 2011

• #1

My Brenspeed cams finally arrived after being on back order for 3 weeks...Installed them in my garage. I had to buy the cam wedge tool for $75...I didn't use a spring compressor...and didn't use a torque wrench on the cam caps just by feel...The install was very easy since I've done hundreds of cams,heads and motors when I was a Ford Engine repair tech...Well the rumble is awsome! Not one complaint about the cams. (Highly recommend Brenspeed).

 

arcwcb

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Oct 26, 2009

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Mar 25, 2011

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• Mar 25, 2011

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You didn't take the time to use a torque wrench to make sure the caps are on to spec?

 

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Wind-Farmer

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Mar 25, 2011

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• Mar 25, 2011

• #3

Why wouldnt you use a torque wrench? Bragging rights? Didn't have one avaliable?

Weird.

 

Zora

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Apr 2, 2011

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• Apr 2, 2011

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I work for FoMoCo...not using a torque wrench is a

 

arcwcb

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Oct 26, 2009

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Apr 3, 2011

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• Apr 3, 2011

• #5

Yeah, that's why I will NEVER buy a car with ANY internal mods... You never know who just threw it together in a garage and didn't take the time to do everything to spec...

 

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10HoleLX

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Apr 4, 2011

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• Apr 4, 2011

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I said I did not use a torque wrench on the cam caps. I have an excellent feel using a 1/4 wrench. By the way I did use a torque wrench (SNAP ON) on the VCT bolts...Oh and I did use torque wrenches on all customers critical engine parts from 2001 to 2008 with a lot of success!

 

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D'prived

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Apr 5, 2011

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• Apr 5, 2011

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I don't know about you but I consider every single part on my engine critical.

 

arcwcb

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Apr 6, 2011

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• Apr 6, 2011

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If you torqued everything else, why not just take the 5 minutes to torque the cam caps instead of doing it by feel?

 

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10HoleLX

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Apr 6, 2011

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• Apr 6, 2011

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All I can say is experience and confidence and I do NOT recommend the average guy doing this.
Anyway my car runs great! I get about 1 1/5 miles per gallon less in the city (car has 20,000 miles).
I recommend BEFORE you all get cams installed use compressed air to blow out debris from the top of the engine/valve covers (I use a blow gun with rubber hose attached). I noticed many do not do this(from looking at close up pictures on line). A lot dirt could fall inside the engine when you pull the valve covers off the heads!