Low mile 1996 351W cam question??

[89gt89]

Ok guys, I have a very tired 89 5.0 motor that is in need of a swap. I bought a low mile 96 351W roller longblock out of a totalled Bronco. I pulled the heads for a cleaning and everything there looks great. I'm pulling the crank to replace the races on the main caps. The stock cam looks great as well. I have all the necessary parts to put the motor in my 89GT. I have long tube headers, 65mm throttle body, 351 GT40 upper and lower intakes, and 24lb injectors. Not looking to do much more than that. I need to know if it is worth while swapping the cam while motor is torn down, and what type I should use. I'm keeping the stock heads. Should I leave the stock cam in and call it good??? Thanks

 

[irish]

well

I guess more info is needed, what are your plans for the car? The fact that you are putting a 351 in place of the 302 suggests you want more performance. If thats the case, now is the easiest time to do cam/heads swap.

 

[89gt89]

I plan on driving the car on weekends. No racing, maybe a trip to an autocross once in a while. My goal is to keep the current heads. My 5spd 302 has a stock H.O. cam in it. Anyone know if it's worth pulling that and popping it in the 351?

 

[BK_CAULEY]

autocross

if you are planning on auto crossing you arent going to want a big cam that is gonna make hp/trq up high i say the 96 cam should be fine. but now would be the time to upgrade.

 

[89gt89]

I figured the stock 5.8 cam would be cool. I bought the entire long block for $120 at the local PULL-A-PART. Going thru it for new seals, timimg chain, oil pump, and all the fox body conversion stuff. I was going to sell the old 89 but figured I'd keep her and have some fun with it. I'm a victim of sentiment since I've had the car for nearly 16 years and 200k miles. I'm wrapping up my 4banger 5.0 conversion on my 91 notch, $500 from the PULL-A-PART, and need something to fiddle with. I'll post a couple pics here in a sec.