Cam?? 100 bucks??

Lynx331 · Sep 7, 2004

A friend is selling his E cam for 100 bucks with timing chain. (or atleast its supposed to be an e cam) Is this a good cam for this car? Its got at most 3000 miles on it. Is this worth it? I cant find the E cam on jegs or anything so i don't know how much they are new. Is this a good street cam? I would still need to pass emission. Or is there a better one i can get? My setup as of right now is stock heads stock cam cobra intake. If i could choose i would have a rough idleing cam, and still some good low end. Ive heard this one run and its pretty lumpy. ANyway what do you guys think of this?

dreddstang · Sep 7, 2004

Look on the end of the cam, you will see where there are numbers/ letters printed into it, if it is an E then it will say E-303.

Is the timing chain used? On that, I would just buy a new one if it is not new now. Comp Cams Timing set is only like $40 new from Summit.

I think the E and B cams go for about $159, the F, X, and Z (Although I have not seen the Z advertised lately) are like $189 I think. I have an X I am trying to sell on the website in my sig, I think I have it at like $125 or so, so yeah, $100 aint a bad deal for an E. You can't really wear out a roller cam to bad, so it should be ok. Although, depending on what you want to do with the car, I might go with the B cam. Still emissions legal, has a bit more lope to it, and works great N/A. Do you have an auto or stick?

Lynx331 · Sep 7, 2004

dreddstang said:
Look on the end of the cam, you will see where there are numbers/ letters printed into it, if it is an E then it will say E-303.

Is the timing chain used? On that, I would just buy a new one if it is not new now. Comp Cams Timing set is only like $40 new from Summit.

I think the E and B cams go for about $159, the F, X, and Z (Although I have not seen the Z advertised lately) are like $189 I think. I have an X I am trying to sell on the website in my sig, I think I have it at like $125 or so, so yeah, $100 aint a bad deal for an E. You can't really wear out a roller cam to bad, so it should be ok. Although, depending on what you want to do with the car, I might go with the B cam. Still emissions legal, has a bit more lope to it, and works great N/A. Do you have an auto or stick?

The timing chain is used also. Its coming off his car because hes buying a trickflow. My car is a stick. And id like to stay emissions legal

Lynx331 · Sep 7, 2004

OH. One big thing i forgot about. My car is a 1987. So i am still speed density. And ive heard you can't run that big of a cam on speed denisty. I'd need a mass air sensor.

dreddstang · Sep 7, 2004

I have seen guys get away with a B cam with speed density. There is a guy in our club that has an '87 GT T-top that has a B cam. Ran it for a long time getting 13.50's out of it with a stock block, Typhoon intake, and a B cam. He had slight drivability issues cruising at low speeds, but nothing bad. He eventually changed to MA, but not for a while. If you are going to change the heads though, you'd probably need mass air for anything more than stock ported E-7's.

If he is selling the cam and timing chain as a package for $100, do it. I would still order a new timing chain set though. Like I said, for $40-$50, it is good insurance!

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