so I plan on doing the pi cam swap on my npi motor. 96black has persuaded me to doit. I will be yanking the pi cams out of the marquis and doing the pi manifold swap as well. Going to go ahead and purchase some new valve cover gaskets and possibly timing chain tensioners as well. Anything else I may need to do this install? Also what would be the fastest way to take the pi cams out of the marquis
1996 Mustang Gt aka Zeus
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AStangThang
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Do you know what year your pi cams are? I have a set of 06 pi cams. They are mint condition. I sold LWarrior the intake manifold months ago.
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01. And will the 06 pi cams bolt right in and not need a tune?
AStangThang
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They will bolt right in. No tune needed, plenty of guys do the swap without getting a tune. Some pi cams were different. The mustang cams were the ones to get. My cams came out of a 33k mile crown Vic, and they are the same lift as the mustang cams. 96black54 has a sticky on these specs, but the newer pi cams he hasn't had any to spec out. My pi cams have the exhaust lobe bigger w/ bigger lift, and the intake lobe w/ the smaller lift, exactly like the mustang. I also have the chain guides out of the 06 pi. Back to the tune, you can get a tune, but it's not required. It will run perfectly fine.
Thanks for that info. And how much for them shipped? Would make it a lot easier for me and save me the trouble of having to yank the pi cams out of the marquis.
AStangThang
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It would definitely make it easier on you. Text me 6065854573.
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The 96-98 npi heads loves the extra exhaust lift of the pi cam, and also the npi loves exhaust goodies due to the same reason, the exhaust side sucks on the npi. The npi head by itself isn't a bad head, its everything attached to it lol, lash adjusters, cams, intake, and also the lack of a great valve job. One more thing you need in order to do you cam and intake swap. You need the coolant tube that runs under the intake, the pi has a different coolant tube. The npi tube will hit the bottom of the pi intake and not fit, you have to get the pi tube. There $30-40 at LMR.com or American Muscle.com.
Yeah I was already aware of needing the coolant tube, thanks for the info! You’ve been a big help man. Now could you tell me step by step more or less how to do this cam swap?
AStangThang
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There are some pi cam swap write-ups in the sticky section. Thank the Lord for stickies!
Where would I find that section?
AStangThang
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When you come into our (2v 4.6L 96-04) section, it starts at the top with the first sticky call "squish" by 96Black54, keep going down, and you should find it. If not found, all of us will help you bro, plus you can always Google it for there are plenty of them.
I looked but couldn’t find a thread on it. Only one I found was one doing it without taking the timing cover off. Would have been perfect route for me but now I feel more comfortable yanking it off. More info on that method is greatly appreciated
AStangThang
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We will start Diving into it tomorrow fo sho.
Great ! Thanks man
Keep us updated! We here for your success!
Going to be purchasing 06 cams from Astang guides, new valve conver gaskets as well. Anything else I’m missing?
06 cams? Do you have the specs to look at?
They came out of a 2006 Vic. AstangThang listed them above^^^ their pi cams
AStangThang
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Cams, guides, gaskets, and cam bolts. Use your sprockets. Have a good extra-clean work area, a long table to lay everything out on, and take your time. We can guide you through it. No worries mate.
