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06-26-2011, 03:09 AM | #51 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
good job. I guess you decided not to degree the cams. If you ever remove the timing cover you should definitely do that
looks good
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06-26-2011, 09:56 AM | #52 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
Great write up! It will help a lot of people in the future. I didn't think blue & red would look very good together but I does give them some pop
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06-26-2011, 12:03 PM | #53 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
Great write up man! Alot will appreciate this! :-)
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06-27-2011, 11:52 AM | #54 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
still cant get my drivers side cover off this sucks. Putting the headers on the car was a hell of a lot less frustrating.
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06-27-2011, 12:03 PM | #55 | |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
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Take the motor mount nut off on the drivers side Back off the passenger side nut Tilt the motor quite a bit Disconnect the sensor on the brake reservoir Bend the oil dipstick towards the drivers side fender Take off all the bolts holding the covers on Take off the firewall clutch adjuster (either factory or OEM) Take off the bracket that holds the power steering reservoir in front of the drivers side cover Once you get the cover to clear the brake booster, its still won't come off all the way. Once it clears the brake booster, lower the motor a bit, and then you have to wiggle it on out.
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06-27-2011, 12:12 PM | #56 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
Or just remove the brake booster. It is not that hard and 30 minutes tops.
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06-27-2011, 01:35 PM | #57 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
agree........THAT IS WAY easier that way
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06-27-2011, 09:49 PM | #58 | |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
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Ill get a second hand to work the jack and see if I can have better luck on my next day off
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06-28-2011, 11:20 AM | #59 | |
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BTW when I mentioned that I take it out, I mean I take it out, not move it out of the way with the lines still hooked up.
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06-28-2011, 01:42 PM | #60 | |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
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BTW you only have to remove the brake lines you dont have to remove the pressure lines from the pump. I have heard about this key way issue but I must have had 98 cams because I had no issue with reassembling it. also what tabs are you talking about on the chaine guides???? maybe Im just confused????
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06-28-2011, 02:06 PM | #61 | |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
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The chain tensioner has orange plastic chain guides. The guides are partially held onto the tensioner by two small fittings, that are really cheap and break easily if any side to side force is applied. Maybe in a engine with less heat cycles they aren't as brittle, but with 90k miles, they were very brittle.
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07-05-2011, 04:18 PM | #62 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
alright, got the brake booster out and both valve covers off. Is there a specific way to make **** sure you dont skip a timming tooth? Are you supposed to pull the cams as the engine stopped? or turn it to TDC cylinder #1. Thanks, im trying to figure this out
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07-05-2011, 08:57 PM | #63 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
I used wires to keep the tension on the chain taunt. I also used white out to mark the timing gears like crazy to make sure I could tell if it moved.
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07-05-2011, 08:58 PM | #64 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
Dyno tune for E70 is happening on Friday So dyno numbers coming soon!
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07-08-2011, 08:28 PM | #65 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
Dyno up! Car runs great now. Picked up about 22hp peak, same torque. Car pulls really strong up top now.
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07-08-2011, 10:48 PM | #66 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
22HP with a non degreed install...
Where's Modularspeed? This is beginning to sound familiar Do you have a before dyno sheet to do an overlay? |
07-09-2011, 02:29 AM | #67 | |
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But we did an overlay with another mach one with 5 more hp than i did before the cam swap, and vs the stock cams at 6500 I picked up 35hp over that car. At 5k though it used to drop hard on the hp, and now it stays even with the new cams. Up top it made a huge differenence
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07-10-2011, 01:36 AM | #68 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
congrates man, i love how well your write up was and very detailed, i wish we get more of these on the forum, for sure would help people out alot.
nice number gains, pretty much what you were going to get out of em. enjoy em btw the valve covers and with the red coil covers look sick, i like em alot ASh
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02-05-2012, 09:36 PM | #69 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
Why this post is not a sticky? It should be!!
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02-05-2012, 09:46 PM | #70 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
I keep debating this mod, but I want some nice customs.
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02-06-2012, 10:24 AM | #71 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
I would love to do this mod but, as mine is my only daily driver its gonna have to wait.I don't think I could start it on a Friday and finish in time to go to work on Monday morning.
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02-06-2012, 09:22 PM | #72 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
Nice write up!
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03-26-2012, 02:55 AM | #73 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
i'm thinking the same thing,
this is outstanding just for taking off valve covers sticky my vote ASh
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03-26-2012, 02:57 AM | #74 |
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sent a PM to the big dog, lets see if we can make this a sticky
ASh
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05-17-2012, 01:19 PM | #75 |
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Re: Removing Valve Covers and Installing Cobra Cams - A Complete How To With Pics
Awesome write up bro. Thanks for sharing.
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