Cam question for ya and cam gears??
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Cam question for ya and cam gears?? - 3/28/2005 3:28:05 PM
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Black98
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Is the cams in a 4 cyl the same as a V-8? In a SOHC mustang there are two cams does that go for the 2.4l eclipse engine Too? Or is there just one? I am looking for some cam gears is this worth it? I am looking for some mods with decent power gains? Throttle body good? Anything besides exhaust, intake, and headers. Help a newbie out??
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RE: Cam question for ya and cam gears?? - 3/28/2005 6:32:20 PM
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DSMTalonAWD51
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no the cams are not the same you cannot just take a cam from one car and put it in a different kind of car. Secondly, there is only one cam in a mustang, SOHC stands for SINGLE overhead cam. most v8's only have 1 cam. why dont you want intake or exhaust? those are the first mods you should do for a reason, if you got cams, intake and exhaust are only going to restrict you more. there are a million things you should do first before worrying about cams.
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RE: Cam question for ya and cam gears?? - 3/31/2005 8:47:26 AM
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Black98
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Thanks, for the help but there are 2 cams in the Mustang, I have torn the engine down and put cams in it. I have a 4.6l V-8 it is SOHC which means there are one came on each side of the motor( The Cobra mustang which is a DOHC has 4 cams, two on each side), its not like the old 5.0 mustangs, they do only have one cam. I just installed the performance cams in my mustang and thats why i was making sure there was not two cams in the eclipse, kinda a dumb question being there is only 4cyl but i wanted to make sure it was not set up some different way. I have had mustangs since I could even remember to learn about cars but I know knothing about FWD or 4cyl cars at all thats why I'm trying to learn something. If for some reason you think I am wrong about the V-8 part let me know how, if you are right then I need to take the extra cam out of my motor.(lol) About the performance upgrades, thanks for the help, I know you need, intake and exhaust first, thats half the battle, getting air in and out the fastest. I just meant if I had that already what would be next, one of my friends keeps telling me to do the throttle body, cam gears and pullies and i would feel a difference.Is that true after intake and exhaust. On bolt ons for the eclipse is it pretty much like it is on a V-8, what I mean is the intake on a mustang says 15rwhp from the intake, well on the dyno you get right at 3 to 4hp, The pullies are said to ad 15rwhp but then again you only get about 8hp. Is this all pretty much the same?? I know its all advertising but some things are different, like the chip was said to give me about 18rwhp but I recived about 24rwhp(pretty cood from the computer). Anyway thanks for the help.
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RE: Cam question for ya and cam gears?? - 3/31/2005 4:47:11 PM
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DSMTalonAWD51
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do u have a turbo or na eclipse?
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