non-pi heads and pi cam question

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Is the pi-cam a direct replacement with the non-pi cam, or do i need something special to do the swap. Thanks

 

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all you need is pi cams bolts 5-10$, the guy at the local junk yard gave them to me

 

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Sweet thanks

 

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no prob the pi cams bolts are accually smaller then npi cam bolts pi cam bolts are 10mm, npi are 12mm

 

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Quick question when you say camshaft bolt where are these bolts exactly. I know there are cap cluster bolts on top that hold the cam in place is this what your talking about?

 

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juecke98gt said:

Quick question when you say camshaft bolt where are these bolts exactly. I know there are cap cluster bolts on top that hold the cam in place is this what your talking about?

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the bolts that holds the cam gears on the camshafts, there is only 2 of them i have some pics of my motor apart when i was doing the cams, if you want to see them ill post them for you.

 

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here you go, circled in red

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Thanks alot big help !! Im swapping with some new ported and polished non-pi heads and pi cams with a performance intake in a couple weeks. Thanks again

 

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By tha way your engine looks super clean nice !!!

 

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new alternator

 

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juecke98gt said:

By tha way your engine looks super clean nice !!!

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thanks, you should see it now, i polished alot of things like the iac, egr, and most of the bolts

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new alternator

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its about 2 years old

 

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There are a few writeups about the swap and I am thinking about doing it soon!! I have the parts for the cams, just need to pick up gaskets and some hose for the intake swap

http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/96-98/21676-cam-swap-sohc-4-6-1998-gt.html
http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/npi-to-pi-intake-swap-vt1878.html
http://www.mustangforums.com/m_3833004/tm.htm