my small change
i love the hot rods, personally:
1. they are made by ford!
2. they do not require any phaser limiting, locking, springs, retainers.. blah blah. truely a cam only install.
on a side note, most here say the comp cams give more power.. i'm not dyno'in till after long tubes anyway, and most here say that the hot rods sound better.. that was just more important for me.
i just installed these a month ago. i got, from BBR i found here on this website:
FRPP hot rod cams
a JLT cold air intake
steeda delete plates
a few tunes
and an X3 tuner
for $1622 shipped.
i installed them, myself, without either of the SST's (special service tools)
it took me about four hours to complete everything.
i can send you a .PDF
from ford for a complete write up on installing these cams.. or you can find it on the net some kinda way (that's how i got it)
the jist of the thing goes like this:
1. remove cam covers
2. 12 oclock the crank pulley
3. verify cam position
4. use a typical flat head screwdriver to pop out the 3 roller followers indicated
5. roll the crank to 6 pm
6. stick 2 foot of cut off garden hose tightly stuffed with newspaper down the chain hole as far as it will go (more difficult on passenger's side)
7. remove all of the cam caps
8. have your dad hold the phaser, tightly, so that there's no chance you can knock the chain off the crank sprocket
9. remove the bolt that holds the cam, and swap the cams (it was only finger tight at this point)
10. tighten them down per the sequence
11. pull your garden hose
12. spin back to 12 pm
now this is where it gets difficult. and only really on the exhaust roller follower on the back of the cylinder head
13. use 2 screwdrivers or similar (my lead tech likes to use a bent screwdriver that is originially intended for drum brake adjustment) to push the roller follower on the hydraulic lash adjuster (not onto the valve), prying against the head sidewall
the same situation applies to the other side.. except the 2 together and the one separate (roller followers) are on the opposite ends of the head this time. and also it's harder to find a way to wedge the garden hose (imo you could likely ditch the garden hose altogether if you ensure your dad doesn't let the chain gather any slack)
and this, of course, is in conjunction with following the .pdf verbatim
the video results of all this hard work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY60A2nuN_8
EDIT:
make sure you clean your throttle body first, or you will chase the legendary "bad idle after cam install" when there's really nothing wrong other then some carbon. it resides between where the butterflies come by, and the actual aluminum of the throttle body. i might even say do this first; key on, stick holds gas pedal down, use brakleen and a toothbrush to eliminate all carbon around where each butterfly comes closest to throttle body... especially if you've had a come-and-go check engine light for p0506: lower idle than expected, or any hunting idles
