my income tax moneys coming in about 2 weeks and im both xcited and dreading the two new mods ima b doing to the stang

cams (vt stage 2) with new valve springs

and LT headers (flowtechs)

anyone have any advice or special tools i should buy before hand...

 

A case of beer and a bottle of Aleve. Personally, I wouldn't trust myself doing the cam swap but your prolly a better mechanic than me. Good luck with all of it tho. Are you dropping the K-member for the header install? Search for csledds pics of her install, it makes my eyes hurt.

 

Give me a bottle of Nitrous any day

 

If I wasn't a puss about nitrous, I'd go that route.

 

Wussy boy.......its safe if you know what your doing

 

ok the nitrous is going on right after but lets not turn this thread in that direction...and yes im dropping the k member ....uh cant wait lol

 

Good choice on the Flowtechs should be a nice sound...I assume your also doing the the flowtech h pipe as well?

 

no just trading my xpipe for a shorty xpipe....

 

n/m i though i was in new topic lol

 

LT's are a bitch plain and simple. But we didnt drop the k-member either. My next mods will either be the 4:10s i bought, or vt stage 2 blower cams, then saving for the 1.7KB

 

what the hell is that K thing??

 

yes L/T's are a pain in the ****...just drop the k-member and if u have acess to a lift, make use of it. dont rush things cuz u dont wanna have a leak. good luck bro.

 

 

so basically headers are a bitch to put on..lol i am havin a shop put mine in whenever i get them

 

There easy to do just time consuming. Thats why they're a bitch. U need to have patience for them.

 

you will need some special tools for the cams. you will need something to degree them, and you will probably be better off buying new cam gears since the ones on the stock cams are pressed into place. go to modular depot or whatever othe mustang forum and do a search for cam installs. you should gather some good info there.

 

how long does it take to put headers in about 8-10 hours?

 

if your not drinking or bull****ting.

 

thanx lunati ....ima start serching the forums...

 

:stupid: Took me 9 hrs...i did add lowering springs while i had it apart

 

Here is a stock K-member compared to a PA Racing tubular K-member.

 

ok????????

 

Took me and my mechanic 7 hours from pulling in to pulling out. we also took our time.

 

AFM Cam removal tool and Steeda cam timing wheel...

 

You shouldn't need new cam gears.. you only want to replace them if your stock ones are pressed on, and I believe they stopped using those in 01, since your car looks like a DSG it's either an 03 or 04 so I don't think you'll have a problem there.

As far as the AFM cam removal tool.. I don't think I'm even going to try to use this when I do mine, I've heard a lot of good and bad and I think I might as well just go the other route, it's not suppose to take a whole lot longer than using the tool. You do want to get something like this though..
http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/otc7928.html for your valvesprings

The best advice if doing either the cam install or LT install is allow yourself plenty of time to do it and take your time.. no need to get in a race over it. I've heard that installing the cams will be easier than the LT's lol.

Anyways.. good luck with the installs.. oh and good luck getting some VT Stage 2 N/A cams right now (I'm assuming you're going with the NA's). VT is changing their core supplier and they were suppose to hear something back from them by the end of the month, but they said they haven't. They sent cams to them a little over 2 weeks ago. I'm also waiting for them to come into stock

 

thanx guys ...

im prolly gonna do one install in a weekend and the next install the next weekend

i have to wait about two weekes anyyways so i hope theyll have them by t=hen

what other cams could i buy thatll be close to the specs of the vt stage 2???

 

If you want VT's, wait for VT's. I wouldnt put another cam in my car other than Tim's cams from MPH. Just be patient. VT's are worth the wait.

 

ill wait i guess


my goal would be to be atleast in the 285-295 ranger with my other bolt ons and a great tune

 

so where did you order all your stuff from MT? are the headers on back order?