so i took my n42 apart...and i took the cam out...i tought cams had bearings like the crank does...i didnt know the cam mounts are just one aluminum piece...so if i get a turbo cam, will my aluminum mounts work with it?? like are the cam grinds just different or are the mounts different too??!?!! i need a BAD valve job..there is **** baked on there left and right...layers of carbon...god that engine never ran right!

also do you guys know a reasonable place for a good rering kit...i need the whole deal..bearings, seals, plugs, everything...

 

Don't worry! Only the lobes are different. The cam towers are the same and will require no modifications to take a turbo cam.

Now the question is, why do you want a turbo cam? Are you going to turbo your NA motor?

 

yes thats what im doing

 

Aren't you going to just get a p90 head and stick it on your "NA" F54 block and rebuild it with dished turbo pistons???

I saw a webpage showing the stock lift and duration of the NA and turbo cams for 1981. They are almost identical. The differences in duration on just the intake were very small. I would say that a stock non-turbo cam works fine in a turbo motor.

If I remember right, the turbo cam has 5 deg less duration on the exhaust but exactly the same on the intake. lift is the same on everything.

 

oh..sweet hahaha.,..no ive read that n42 works fine just as long as i have the turbo pistons to lower compression....some dudes from other sites been running with n42 for years with no troubles...iw as gonna get p90 because for some reason i TOUGHT i had a p79 with round ports...but i dont

 

here is some pictures..... i need to go and get a spring compressor so i can take the valves out...

just click...




My Larger Plug hole...its already larger...and was leaking...so...make it more large??!!!





CAM SHOTS





EVEN WEAR

 

ok another quick Q....
i took my valves off...
how do you get the valve guides out? there is a lil clip at the top and i cant get the clip out with ANYTHING!!! tips?