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Roller cams in small blocks

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 04 10:25 am
by Anonymous
I keep hearing refference to roller cams in production small blocks from about 85 or 86 & later which I guess makes sense 'cos thats about when Ford went to a roller cam in their 302 / 5.0 I think.

So the $64,000 question is - what does this mean to me?

I have an '86 318 how do I know if it has a roller cam in it (without dismantling it) and if I want to swap out to a mild performance cam do I have to use an aftermarket roller cam or are these different again?