tpi questions

[jakes_GSXR]

you dont have to remove the top end to install a cam in TPI cars? pleneum, runners, intake?

[lozanoa11]

well that too. only b/c you have to get the lifter out. but they were talking about not engine parts

[jakes_GSXR]

ah. so its actually a pretty big job either way

[lozanoa11]

its relly not to bad we (3 guys) did a cam swap on a sbc in class in about 3 hours including degreeing the cam. mabey not even that long, but that was with the engine out of the t-bucket

[MP81]

Yeah, with the exception of LSX engines, you have to remove the heads and intake to do a cam swap, because you have to remove the lifters.

I really like the LSX, and how if you pop some clips, and then rotate the cam, it holds the lifters up in place, and when you're done, you just lightly tap them, and they come back to rest in place, on the new cam. For some reason, I remember something in a magazine about that type of system for a "regular" small block...could be mistaking, though.

I'm really starting to think about a cam swap in the little 305. I mean, it actually sounds kinda mean with the stock cam, and the cutout wide open, but I want more lumpity, lump - you know, that real healthy sound...but then I start to think "welllll...I might as well upgrade the heads...and port the intake and plenum and get some high-flow runners...", then I remember that I'd like to get a 383 eventually, when I have enough money - and this little rebuild will not help me to keep a cash level suitible to building that 383. So, I'm back and forth...

[tenpin842]

I did it

[lozanoa11]

ide do the cam swap first. it will make it more fun to drive untill then. but then on the other hand you probaly want a diffent cam w/ a 383

[MP81]

Well yeah, but I'm getting a whole new motor with the 383, and I figure this'll cost some money (whether I do it or not, there's still the cost of the cam) - I don't think I could do it anyhow, this being my DD as well.

[lozanoa11]

if your getting a whole new engine do it then. it wont kill you gas mileage too much. you will not regret getting it unless you get too big of a cam

[Virtue]

the lifters on a lsx are held in plastic trays thats why you dont have to remove the lifters for a cam swap, but a lifter dropped you'd be hurtin