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I own an 83 mustang as you can tell and it has an 87 truck block with all the part off the 83 motor in it,except for new pistons and bearings. The pistons are stock compression height, And i was wondering big if a lift cam can i run on this stock engine. Please help i cant install my trick flow heads and victor jr inake till i know if i need to put differant pistons in it to accomadate the cam.
 

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daves83mustang said:
I own an 83 mustang as you can tell and it has an 87 truck block with all the part off the 83 motor in it,except for new pistons and bearings. The pistons are stock compression height, And i was wondering big if a lift cam can i run on this stock engine. Please help i cant install my trick flow heads and victor jr inake till i know if i need to put differant pistons in it to accomadate the cam.
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This should be in the tech section Dave. Your lucky Daggar didn't get you

I own an 83 Mustang. It has an 87 truck block with all the parts off the 83 motor in it, except for new pistons and bearings. The pistons are stock compression height. I was wondering how big of a cam can I run on this stock engine. Please help I can't install my Trick Flow heads and Victor jr. intake until I know if I need to put different pistons in it to accommodate the cam.
FIXT.

Maybe someone will chime in. What kind of pistons are they? Do they have valve cut-outs or are they flat-top?
 
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