Reliability Question

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Jmunk

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How many of you guys with aftermarket heads and cams have enough faith in your car to drive it a few hundred miles from your home. I want to put a set of heads and a cam, but I don't want to constantly be worried about something going wrong. I know that if everything is done right there should be little to no worry. I don't want to build the car and have it be a local only car, although it's not my daily driver.

 

wythors

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I go anywhere in my car with complete confidence.

 

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Jmunk said:

How many of you guys with aftermarket heads and cams have enough faith in your car to drive it a few hundred miles from your home. I want to put a set of heads and a cam, but I don't want to constantly be worried about something going wrong. I know that if everything is done right there should be little to no worry. I don't want to build the car and have it be a local only car, although it's not my daily driver.

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You already know the answer.

 

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Unless you are going with a big ol' solid roller and some hogs, it only works better.

 

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wythors said:

I go anywhere in my car with complete confidence.

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+1

Only been stranded once, and that was two years ago when my stock, original clutch cable snapped.
Not worried at all about the aftermarket parts - but I tend to only buy parts from quality brands.

 

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my car has about 375hp, hasnt stranded me once in 10 years, Im driving out to cali (12 hours each way) in a couple months

 

Notchbck93

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Heads and cam, as long as you stay streetable, won't give you any problems whatsoever. It's the common wear items that matter; belts, hoses, rad, thermostat, fuel pump, filter, ignition system, braking and charging systems that can come back to haunt you on a long trip.


Foxes are getting older and if you are worried about reliability, I'd replace a few standard parts first.

 

90lxcoupe

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I'd drive my car anywhere, and its got a little more then heads and a cam

 

1990Coupe

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Just my expirences,

I have had NOTHING but issues with ford alphabet cams. I've had a B,E,F and all of them gave my cars the terrible idle surge, and struggled under 1500 RPM. Granted, the cars were untuned. I supposed a tune would help that. One of the major reasons my current stang has a stock cam with 1.7 rr's and no issues

 

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1990Coupe said:

Just my expirences,

I have had NOTHING but issues with ford alphabet cams. I've had a B,E,F and all of them gave my cars the terrible idle surge, and struggled under 1500 RPM. Granted, the cars were untuned. I supposed a tune would help that. One of the major reasons my current stang has a stock cam with 1.7 rr's and no issues

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That's not so much reliability so much as it is driveability. But I see what you're saying.

 

1990Coupe

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your right its not much reliability. I was never stranded with any of those cars, i just struggled to make them run correctly and it stunk!

 

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I have no problem running my 93 GT 400 miles to Rochester NY, 500 miles to Cape Cod, or 620 miles to Charleston SC. It's nothing for me to put 1000-1500 miles on it in a weekend.