Do I need to remove the intake manifold to replace the stock cam?
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Do I need to remove the intake manifold to replace the stock cam?
I'd rather not of course. Hoping I can spin the stock cam around to lift the lifters but the new cam I am putting in is taller. Or maybe someway pull the rollers up. But if I gotta, I gotta.
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Re: Do I need to remove the intake manifold to replace the stock cam?
If you don't remove the manifold, how do you plan to extract the lifters from the bores in order to pull the old cam and replace it? And then put them back into the bores when you are done?
Pull the manifold.
Pull the manifold.
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Re: Do I need to remove the intake manifold to replace the stock cam?
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Re: Do I need to remove the intake manifold to replace the stock cam?
Replacing cam and lifters without pulling the manifold is easy on a Crossfire injection engine(flat tappet)-just pull up the lifters with magnet tool,drag them back and out the dizzy hole I think stock carb manifolds don't have enough clearance above the valley to do this,but TPI or aftermarket carb might.Can't be done with roller lifters...
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Re: Do I need to remove the intake manifold to replace the stock cam?
You can do it with a bunch of those cheapy extendable parts store magnets but you still have to pull the distributor. Way more work than just pulling intake. Good time to clean and port it too.
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