Re[2]: Cam swap for '84 4KQ

[tcandey@usr.com]

     Swapping in a stock cam from the MC motor may not be a bad idea.....
     
     
     Todd


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Subject: Re: Cam swap for '84 4KQ
Author:  EKellock@aol.com at ~internet
Date:    6/7/96 10:58 AM


>akowalsk@shrike.depaul.edu wrote:
>
>>My '84 4KQ has the 115hp engine (as anyone who is responding to this 
>>message knows).  I would like to investigate the possiblity of swapping 
>>the camshaft from a later model 5-cyl into this engine to boost the power 
>>to the 130 hp. level.  The car has hydraulic lifters (based on the normal 
>>slight click/then silence routine).
>
>Are the cams different? I thought the 130 hp engine got its extra power 
>from higher compression with use of a knock sensor.
>
>Could be wrong .....
>
     
AND increased displacement.  (a whole tenth of a liter's worth!!... or is it 
two tenths??)
     
Doesn't seem like just swapping in a different stock cam would really be 
worthwhile...
     
Ed Kellock
Lansing, IA
87 5KCSTQ
87 CGT 2.3
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