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Old 12-29-2011, 09:27 PM   #1
ECONORAM
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Originally Posted by myoung84 View Post
I'm ballsy enough to try and swap a cam on my truck, but don't feel comfortable experimenting on someone else's truck... I don't think it's really all that difficult, just a lot of tear down on the front of the engine. I've changed a head gasket on my old 4.7L with overhead cams and it can't be as bad as that...
I've swapped my 4.7L cams, but haven't tried a Hemi. Hmm, a 6.4L cam in a 5.7L engine...should be rather aggressive, I would think.

Originally Posted by 916Timmy
I forgot to tell you....it sounds mean because the valves are tapping the piston......The motor in that truck was completely trashed, heads all the way down to the block!
Ooooo, the last engine I had that did that broke a connecting rod! And bent the valves...
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