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daver01

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now that my stang is no longer my winter ride (thank god). i am thinking about blowing some more cash on it in the off-season; leaning towards cams. since 4v heads or s/c would be kinda pricey & prob. impossible for me to do myself.

been researching it some, anyone have any experience with comp modular extreme energy street/ hot street or vt stage 2?

with cams & springs should be under a grand. that is all i need i suppose; anyone tried to do this themselves? any good walkthroughs?

also, what kinda gains could be expected from combo mentioned above?

mods thus far are: 4.10s, prochamber, sct chip (timing advance), cat-back, steeda pulleys, accufab plenum, accufab 75mm tb.

also, guess this is just an opinion thing, but, would this be worth the upgrade or would i be better off to go for a 4v head swap?

thanks
 
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2SLO2RCE

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i think it was the new 5.0 mag that had a pretty good heads write up in it. i cant remember but the cover car was a sweet yellow saleen. good luck and bump for some cam help im headed that direction myself
 
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Just changing cams isn't that bad.

http://www.modulardepot.com/?show=articlesdet&aid=39

If you go with a cam like the VT Stage I, you don't need new springs unless you have a lot of miles or planning on going over 6000-6200 a lot.

Plan on getting the AFM cam chain retention tool and avoid taking off the front of the engine to save time.

http://www.andersonfordmotorsport.com/new_products/new-46.html
 

tomustang

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daver01 said:
now that my stang is no longer my winter ride (thank god). i am thinking about blowing some more cash on it in the off-season; leaning towards cams. since 4v heads or s/c would be kinda pricey & prob. impossible for me to do myself.

been researching it some, anyone have any experience with comp modular extreme energy street/ hot street or vt stage 2?

with cams & springs should be under a grand. that is all i need i suppose; anyone tried to do this themselves? any good walkthroughs?

also, what kinda gains could be expected from combo mentioned above?

mods thus far are: 4.10s, prochamber, sct chip (timing advance), cat-back, steeda pulleys, accufab plenum, accufab 75mm tb.

also, guess this is just an opinion thing, but, would this be worth the upgrade or would i be better off to go for a 4v head swap?

thanks
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since you're gonna be taking everything off for a cam swap, might as well take 16 more bolts off and swap heads in. take one more step forward and remove the heads.

but if you think a headswap is impossible for yourself, you shouldn't do the cams either.
 
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