Camshafts in 5.4l v8

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02-15-2017, 07:58 AM

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Cory, i dont usually comment like this, but if you KNOW all that stuff,then why all the vague questions in your posts?- imho, its starting to appear that you are just pulling peoples chains at this point.
If im wrong, i apologize in advance.

I'm beginning to think the same thing. Several of us have commented that there is in fact one camshaft on each side...

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02-16-2017, 08:21 PM

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... and he deleted his original post. Yep. Rather flaky.

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02-17-2017, 01:30 AM

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tried googling some camshafts - so no high performance camshafts for '01 5.4L/NA motors?

quick google showed some, but for lightning

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02-17-2017, 07:13 AM

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tried googling some camshafts - so no high performance camshafts for '01 5.4L/NA motors?

quick google showed some, but for lightning

Check out comp cams website. They have lots.

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02-17-2017, 07:15 AM

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4.6 and 5.4 use the same cams.

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02-17-2017, 12:24 PM

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just got off the phone with comp cams

they were pretty helpful - he said if I was looking to take advantage of the cams (it moves the power curve up on the rpm range) he recommended first:
-with 30" tires/3.73's - first re-gear the truck to 4.10's and get a high stall torque converter ($850+ shipping from precision industries)
-basic bolt ons - exhaust, intake
-then replace the cam ($650 + install)

with 177k miles the modular head shop recommended a cylinder hone + re-ring first...then install the cam and upgrade the head from 3-thread to 8 thread spark plug mounts

all of those components are a full system and they should be replaced together for maximum gains

going to have a shop look at the truck next week...definitely been wanting to re-gear the truck for a little more oomph off the line and service all the regular stuff up to speed.

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