Broke my cam gears...argh!
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Was it the exhaust cam that gave you problems?
When I did mine the intake went without a fight. The exhaust....not so much. After getting a pipe for better leverage, rounding the bolt off, breaking a bolt extractor in half and, a lot of cursing I ended up having to pull the cam and mill the head off to get the bolt out. It was way overtorqued or under lubed from the factory. Once I milled the head off I could grab the shank of the bolt and spin it out by hand.
As far as the "what's a project without something going wrong" statement if you have anything like my luck with this car don't worry something will go wrong with every project.
When I did mine the intake went without a fight. The exhaust....not so much. After getting a pipe for better leverage, rounding the bolt off, breaking a bolt extractor in half and, a lot of cursing I ended up having to pull the cam and mill the head off to get the bolt out. It was way overtorqued or under lubed from the factory. Once I milled the head off I could grab the shank of the bolt and spin it out by hand.
As far as the "what's a project without something going wrong" statement if you have anything like my luck with this car don't worry something will go wrong with every project.
Originally Posted by hotrod2448
As far as the "what's a project without something going wrong" statement if you have anything like my luck with this car don't worry something will go wrong with every project.
Here's an idea: take the old gears and cams and throw them in the trash (or sell them on Ebay
). Get new bolts, new adjustable cam gears and a pair of 272/272 camshafts. Install. Enjoy. 
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