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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 08:14 AM
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Roller Cam Question

Besides roller lifters and roller rockers , would there be anything else I would have to buy to go with a roller cam?
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 10:36 AM
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if you don't have a factory roller install (with the sypder)

you need a cam button (and really a thrust washer) and a stiff (non-tin) timing cover.
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 11:36 AM
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How much will that stuff run?
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 11:51 AM
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you need guides or lifters with em on them too
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 12:16 PM
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In some cases you need to have the block machined to make them work, like if you were trying to install a factory roller setup into a non-roller late-model block.
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Old Apr 29, 2002 | 12:40 PM
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Well, I was thinking since I won't be able to have anything installed till next year and I might get a well paying job over the summer that it would be a good chance to get a roller cam, I was thinking of a Comp Cams one, but how much would I have to pay for stuff other than the cam.
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