Hello,
I am looking for a parts list needed to go from flat tappet to roller cam. I have a 92 g30 van with the 5.7 tbi. I can't recall the block number, but I do know it has factory drilled out bosses for the lifter hold down bracket that the roller cam blocks came with from factory.
I've tried looking into this, but I usually come up with information for a custom cam grind setup etc. I am just looking to swap out the solid lifter cam for a stock roller cam setup. From what I gather, a late 80s/early 90s caprice is what I need to source to get these parts? If anyone can confirm this or throw out other cars that have compatible engines I'd appreciate the info.
Do I need to get any sort of shim/different timing chain sprocket or does everything just transfer over fine in that regard?
Do I need to make any modifications to the lifter guides or do those parts work fine with my block as is considering it was already drilled and tapped to accept a roller cam setup? I ask because I've seen a video where people ground those down to sit closer to the head to properly fit the guides over the lifters, but I think they were doing some performance mod so it might not be applicable.
Are any of the valvetrain components different than the flat tappet, or should I buy all of that new either way (springs, pushrods, rockers...)?
Thank you
I am looking for a parts list needed to go from flat tappet to roller cam. I have a 92 g30 van with the 5.7 tbi. I can't recall the block number, but I do know it has factory drilled out bosses for the lifter hold down bracket that the roller cam blocks came with from factory.
I've tried looking into this, but I usually come up with information for a custom cam grind setup etc. I am just looking to swap out the solid lifter cam for a stock roller cam setup. From what I gather, a late 80s/early 90s caprice is what I need to source to get these parts? If anyone can confirm this or throw out other cars that have compatible engines I'd appreciate the info.
Do I need to get any sort of shim/different timing chain sprocket or does everything just transfer over fine in that regard?
Do I need to make any modifications to the lifter guides or do those parts work fine with my block as is considering it was already drilled and tapped to accept a roller cam setup? I ask because I've seen a video where people ground those down to sit closer to the head to properly fit the guides over the lifters, but I think they were doing some performance mod so it might not be applicable.
Are any of the valvetrain components different than the flat tappet, or should I buy all of that new either way (springs, pushrods, rockers...)?
Thank you
