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Fixing the Leaking 302 and doing a camshaft upgrade!

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My buddy brought me this car (after months of asking) to fix all those pesky oil, antifreeze, and exhaust leaks.
I really didn't want to take this on as I knew it was going to be a big project.

However, it turned out really good. I determined he did NOT have a B303 camshaft, but his was actually stock! LOL.

I installed an F303 along with all new timing components, lifters, and a new oil pump.
I also had to fix a lot of little things along the way.
But the project has turned out really nice and it drives SO MUCH better now.

Here's a couple of vids I did so far.
Vid 1 - Disassembly
Vid 2 - Reassembly and 1st test drive

Ryan

View: https://youtu.be/sh0AaDf1v5s


View: https://youtu.be/fHFrMwGvXr4
 
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Nice work
 
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Final video with suspension changes and a real test drive.

 
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Great series man! So did the tuner not go with a base timing of 10 deg? Almost all of them that I know do it this way so that is why I am asking. May be different with a blower as mine is NA with an SCT chip.

Liked the fix on the headlight bracket. I was going to adjust mine the other night and ran across a couple videos on how to do it. Simple way to adjust headlights and doesn't take a lot of measuring.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF5WollaHIg

Another one with measuring and is probably a little more accurate:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuUTzbvm1SI&t=99s
 
Last edited: Nov 26, 2025
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