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Ouch.Doc302 I feel your pain. 13,000 miles on car.View attachment 71076View attachment 71077View attachment 71078View attachment 71079
You’ll want the Gen 1 kit. The Gen 3 timing kit would require the Gen 3 PCM and harness.So if my Gen 1 timing equipment would transfer over to a Gen 3 Aluminator, am I buying a Gen 1 kit or a Gen 3 kit? Does it matter?
So if my Gen 1 timing equipment would transfer over to a Gen 3 Aluminator, am I buying a Gen 1 kit or a Gen 3 kit? Does it matter?
Even then it wouldn't work as the exhaust phasers are totally different.You’ll want the Gen 1 kit. The Gen 3 timing kit would require the Gen 3 PCM and harness.
Ahhhhh yes.....I saw the connectors on the tops of the phasers so that makes sense.You’ll want the Gen 1 kit. The Gen 3 timing kit would require the Gen 3 PCM and harness.
The FP kits include new phasers specific to gen 1, 2 or 3. To your point though, the camshafts would also need to be swapped to completely transition to Gen 3 - it’s not just simply changing the PCM and harness.Even then it wouldn't work as the exhaust phasers are totally different.
Ok then all I need is the timing kit and head gaskets and I'm good to go.You would use Gen 1 timing kit, cams, and crank sprocket with either Gen 1, Boss, or Gen 2 heads and appropriate head gaskets.
Is the CJ exhaust cam a worthy addition to the L&M intake set? Tough to find them anymore. Mad Hatter and AED Shaun were not a fan of the L&M exhaust cams. Now that I have bare heads just sitting here I want to get the most out of the Aluminator without removing the phasers. The CJ cams were made to work with the Boss and keep the phasers. The other option would be to spend on head porting but that starts to get very expensive.I have a Gen 3 Aluminator with Gen 2 heads, Gen 1 timing components, CJ intake, L&M intake cams, CJ exhaust cams, etcetera sitting in the garage to be installed in a friends car this weekend.
Shaun is adamant that the stock exhaust cams are plenty big enough.Is the CJ exhaust cam a worthy addition to the L&M intake set? Tough to find them anymore. Mad Hatter and AED Shaun were not a fan of the L&M exhaust cams. Now that I have bare heads just sitting here I want to get the most out of the Aluminator without removing the phasers. The CJ cams were made to work with the Boss and keep the phasers. The other option would be to spend on head porting but that starts to get very expensive.
This is disappointing and confusing. From what I read, the CJ cams were an upgrade from Boss cams with longer duration and they were made as a pair. So I would have thought that the L&M cams would be along that line. Hard to understand how both make less power than one. Since I am only about 50 min from L&M it may be worth a ride to have a chat.Shaun is adamant that the stock exhaust cams are plenty big enough.
He recently tuned a car where the owner went for the L&M "Paired intake/exhaust" cams and said it made less power. Apparently Bigger isn't always better.
We already had the CJ cams. The original intake cam was scored when a rocker arm came loose after a mechanical over rev and jammed under the cam. We replaced the CJ intake with the L&M. The original AED Dyno results for the L&M intake was in an 5.0L Aluminator XS In which they replaced the intake cam so we knew it would work and make more power.Is the CJ exhaust cam a worthy addition to the L&M intake set? Tough to find them anymore. Mad Hatter and AED Shaun were not a fan of the L&M exhaust cams. Now that I have bare heads just sitting here I want to get the most out of the Aluminator without removing the phasers. The CJ cams were made to work with the Boss and keep the phasers. The other option would be to spend on head porting but that starts to get very expensive.
I did find a set of the CJ exhaust cams for sale but I think instead I will look at possibly investing in some CNC head work. Since I have to strip the heads bare why not clean them up. If the pistons in the Aluminator would allow larger valves with the current cams that might be something I look at. The cost will be significant and it will likely delay when I get back on track so I have to decide what's more important.The CJ cams are discontinued. I’m not sure it’s worth tracking down a set.
Gen 3 Coyote improvements over Gen 1, Gen 2:I did find a set of the CJ exhaust cams for sale but I think instead I will look at possibly investing in some CNC head work. Since I have to strip the heads bare why not clean them up. If the pistons in the Aluminator would allow larger valves with the current cams that might be something I look at. The cost will be significant and it will likely delay when I get back on track so I have to decide what's more important.
Make double sure you don't have a bent valve when you re use the old heads, but sounds like a reasonable decision to me.I did find a set of the CJ exhaust cams for sale but I think instead I will look at possibly investing in some CNC head work. Since I have to strip the heads bare why not clean them up. If the pistons in the Aluminator would allow larger valves with the current cams that might be something I look at. The cost will be significant and it will likely delay when I get back on track so I have to decide what's more important.