Just found out my stock 305 has a roller cam and roller lifters is this normal?
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From: Manassas, VA
Car: 89 Formula Firebird
Engine: 305 - Demon 525
Transmission: 700R4
Just found out my stock 305 has a roller cam and roller lifters is this normal?
I have had this 89 firebird formula for a while. The engine is shot so I got a 89 camaro's 305 and put it in my car. Does this 89 camaro have a roller cam and roller lifters to?
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From: Orange County,NY
Car: 1982 Z28
Engine: 355
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 12 Bolt
All 88 and up f bodies 305 & 350 had roller cams & lifters from the factory.The 89 motor will be a roller motor.
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1982 Z28:355,4 Speed,Lots of bolt ons
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1982 Z28:355,4 Speed,Lots of bolt ons
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From: Manassas, VA
Car: 89 Formula Firebird
Engine: 305 - Demon 525
Transmission: 700R4
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by D_Amlee:
Ummm... psssstt.... It's spelled CamAro, not camero.
You are only allowed to make this mistake once on this message board.
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Ummm... psssstt.... It's spelled CamAro, not camero.
You are only allowed to make this mistake once on this message board.
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my mistake
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From: Littleton, CO USA
Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
A cam is a "roller" because it is mated to and made for "roller" lifters. If you have roller lifters and a non-roller cam, or vice-versa, you're in trouble.
From the factory, this affected the blocks, too.
And, agree, it's '87-up in 3rd gens.
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82 Berlinetta, orig V-6 car, now w/86 LG4/TH700R4. 2.93 limited slip. 2-1/2" cat-back, ZZ3 intake, Accel HEI SuperCoil. AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Daily driver, work-in-progress (LG4 CC system w/'87 LB9 block, ZZ3 cam, ported World 305 heads, Hooker 2055 headers, 3" Catco cat & 3" catback, restalled TC, Spohn SFCs).
57 Bel Air, my 1st car. '66 396, 9.7 CR forged TRWs, Weiand Action+, Holley 750VS w/4150 conversion, GK 270 cam, Magnum rockers, Jacobs Omnipack, 1-3/4" Hedders & 3" Warlocks, TH400 w/TCI Sat Night Special conv & Trans-Scat shift kit, MegaShifter, 3.08 8.2" 10-bolt w/Powertrax, AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Idles smooth @ 600 RPM in D. Best 15.02/95.06 @ 5800' Bandimere (corrected 13.93/102.4 @ sea level).
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From the factory, this affected the blocks, too.
And, agree, it's '87-up in 3rd gens.
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82 Berlinetta, orig V-6 car, now w/86 LG4/TH700R4. 2.93 limited slip. 2-1/2" cat-back, ZZ3 intake, Accel HEI SuperCoil. AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Daily driver, work-in-progress (LG4 CC system w/'87 LB9 block, ZZ3 cam, ported World 305 heads, Hooker 2055 headers, 3" Catco cat & 3" catback, restalled TC, Spohn SFCs).
57 Bel Air, my 1st car. '66 396, 9.7 CR forged TRWs, Weiand Action+, Holley 750VS w/4150 conversion, GK 270 cam, Magnum rockers, Jacobs Omnipack, 1-3/4" Hedders & 3" Warlocks, TH400 w/TCI Sat Night Special conv & Trans-Scat shift kit, MegaShifter, 3.08 8.2" 10-bolt w/Powertrax, AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Idles smooth @ 600 RPM in D. Best 15.02/95.06 @ 5800' Bandimere (corrected 13.93/102.4 @ sea level).
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From: Orange County,NY
Car: 1982 Z28
Engine: 355
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 12 Bolt
Yes....87 and up is roller cammed.My mistake,i was thinking of centerbolt heads versus perimeter.Oops!
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1982 Z28:355,4 Speed,Lots of bolt ons
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1982 Z28:355,4 Speed,Lots of bolt ons
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