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![]() Ok. I have a 1979 ford 302 bored .040. I want to put the roller cam in the block to make it the 5.0. I have a good roller cam with all the dog bones and lifters. I also have a set of 1987 5.0 heads. I know I need to drill and tap 2 holes in the valley. What about cam bearings? Will 79 cam bearings work with a roller cam? Do I need to plasta guage the cam bearings and install cam bearings for a roller cam?
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![]() cam bearings are the same
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347 stroker all forged,arp everything,stud mains w/girdle,7qt pan,full roller, custom cam, aluminum heads swirl valves 5 angle valve job.quick fuel 750,areomotive pump,cobras w/nitto drags,and m/t et drags for the track, ford racing 373 gears,centerforce clutch,tko500,underdrive pulleys,bassani x-pipe,flowmasters ^best et so far 11.6 1.61 60ft coming soon 9sec et's ![]() 1992 mustang gt 2001 gmc 1500 4x4 78 century boat 92 skidoo |
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![]() Thank you very much.
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![]() You have to use a different bass circle cam. Check it out with Comp cams they will tell you what all you need. Good luck!
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![]() reg. roller cam is fine no need for a diff base with a ford lots of room in the bottom of them unlike chevys
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347 stroker all forged,arp everything,stud mains w/girdle,7qt pan,full roller, custom cam, aluminum heads swirl valves 5 angle valve job.quick fuel 750,areomotive pump,cobras w/nitto drags,and m/t et drags for the track, ford racing 373 gears,centerforce clutch,tko500,underdrive pulleys,bassani x-pipe,flowmasters ^best et so far 11.6 1.61 60ft coming soon 9sec et's ![]() 1992 mustang gt 2001 gmc 1500 4x4 78 century boat 92 skidoo |
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![]() Yeah, typical rollers are set up like a 351, same firing order and what not, even if you look at Comps cam part numbers 351 and 5.0 engines use the same 35 prefix.
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![]() i thought the roller cam blocks had taller holes for the hydraulic lifters in them. well at least thats what i read. 1985 and up.
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![]() Bourbon is correct. The reason for the smaller base circle cam is not to clear anything but to keep from pushing the lifters too high and causing a loss of oil pressure. As I said before check with comp cams as to proper components.
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