welshy_89 Member 131 Member For: 13y 8m 29d Posted 02/08/13 12:32 PM Share Posted 02/08/13 12:32 PM Ok so long story short my cams have gotten mixed up and marked as opposite ie intake as exhaust and vice versa. And the motor has been assembled and I had tried to start it numerous times thinking something else was the drama. I know they are wrong as I have a set of stage 4s sitting out and know the correct location for the stage 4 s and wen compared to the ones installed the cam lobes were different at tdc. What id like to know is could this have caused the valve to hit pistons and what other damage could or would it have done? I'm thinking it shouldbt have but am still not 100% sure as after swapping them it started first go although running extremely rough, but was extremely fuel up obviously from being turned over and having the fuel blown back into the intake manifold. Thanks Dan Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagnman Member 567 Member For: 15y 10m 2d Posted 02/08/13 12:51 PM Share Posted 02/08/13 12:51 PM Lol squeezed from the zit of my imagination. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412373 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 2m 23d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 02/08/13 01:03 PM Share Posted 02/08/13 01:03 PM just trying to get my head around thisbut I "think" you'll be fine. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshy_89 Member 131 Member For: 13y 8m 29d Posted 02/08/13 01:07 PM Author Share Posted 02/08/13 01:07 PM Make like a turtle wagnman and pull your head in, if I wanted a sh*theap response I would have posted " please post your sh*t heap responses in this thread" but I didn't. Anyway cheers ms Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms700 Moderating Team 10,170 Member For: 22y 2m 23d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 02/08/13 01:29 PM Share Posted 02/08/13 01:29 PM im still trying to work it all out lolI think as long as the cams were lined up properly, ie as if the intake and exhaust were where they normally should be, you should be rightif any of that makes senseoh well only one way to find out!pull all the plugs out, let it all dry off, and give it a crack in the morninglet us know how you goeveryone makes mistakes mate, its how we learn. except trent, cause he gets no seks, he cant make a mistake. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 7m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 02/08/13 02:35 PM Share Posted 02/08/13 02:35 PM Pop the rocker cover off and have a look. refer to the pic and it should be quite easy to determing which cam is which. Not the notch in the cam and postion of the cam angle sensor triggers.(I must admit I did chuckle a little bit... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshy_89 Member 131 Member For: 13y 8m 29d Posted 02/08/13 07:11 PM Author Share Posted 02/08/13 07:11 PM Just to clarify this isn't my doing this is how I received the head after getting it back from a having work done to it, and they have marked and installed them incorrectly. Ralph I know that they were wrong and cld tell straight away comparing the installed cams to the ones I had out of the car. Im just trying to find out if having the cams in the wrong way has caused the valves to have seks with the piston or anything like that. Cheers ms here's to hoping your right. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 03/08/13 03:01 AM Share Posted 03/08/13 03:01 AM I had a car towed to me after an engine rebuild and I had to get it running, the thing would not start with my tune in it and actually shot flames out the throttle body, did some checking on cam timing, they were timed correctly but the inlet was in the exhaust position and vice versa, swapped them around, retimed them and all was ok, no damage at all 3 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshy_89 Member 131 Member For: 13y 8m 29d Posted 03/08/13 04:15 AM Author Share Posted 03/08/13 04:15 AM Thanks ratter giving me a bit of hope lol see how I go in an hour or 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 03/08/13 08:44 AM Share Posted 03/08/13 08:44 AM What a cock-up. What did the joint that did it have to say? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85832-accidental-cam-swap/#findComment-1412564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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