~ How to install Cosworth MX1 cams, springs, and head gasket! ~
Mar 23, 2010, 09:49 AM
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~ How to install Cosworth MX1 cams, springs, and head gasket! ~
I now have a couple cam installs under my belt and I think a pretty good write up to show for it. There will be one more coming that is more for those who aren't doing springs or head gasket, it will be about half as long and won't have to cover near as many items so stay tuned for that one.
I also would like to encourage any of you with technical skill to attempt at least one of my "How to" installs. Not only will you save yourself wheel barrows full of money that you can put on other mods but you gain something even more valuable; knowledge.
Plain and simple you "WILL" be a better tuner, and you "WILL" have a better sense of what functions change when you key the numbers into a cell. Every time you pull up a table to make a change in your tuning software you can actually run the mechanical functions through your head and visualize what will happen. I'm sorry if I sound like I am preaching from a soap box but I was having a conversation with someone about the wonders of MIVEC and how it was designed to work off hydraulic pressure and the person it was with was lost.
Now on to my next point for installing your own gear. No one else will treat you car or parts as good as you do. I get PM's all the time from people who have had a bad experience with a shop and need help to fix it because they dropped all their cash on the parts and install and now they are stuck without a car or a fix. All because they were trying to save a little cash and went to a lower rate shop that was giving a deal and come to find out there deal didn't turn out so good and the shop won't help.
Thats right I'm still preaching, and let me move on to my next point. $
Cold hard cash that ain't easy to come by right now. So wanna save some? PUT YOUR OWN PARTS IN! Take the you would have spent $ on having someone install your parts and buy the tools you need (If you need any) then not only can you do your car but you can have your buddy pay you to do his! BAM free cams/turbo/clutch whatever. They all take the same tools!
Lets put it this way Joey put his own cams in using my tools and it took him around 5 hours of actual work time to do it. This is also the same guy who took 3 days to install a AFR gauge granted with the gauge he did have directions in english with clearly marked wiring diagrams.... oh wait....
I would also like to mention that during this install it would be a perfect time to add in a turbo and injectors. If you’re not going to try and go crazy with big number horsepower and just want a bad *** daily driver you only need to go with 800cc or 1000cc injectors and a 50-55 lb/min turbo. On the stock pump it will get you well into the high 300's on a good Mustang dyno.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=...NDEyYzky&hl=en
Discuss and add in your information and I will update accordingly
I also would like to encourage any of you with technical skill to attempt at least one of my "How to" installs. Not only will you save yourself wheel barrows full of money that you can put on other mods but you gain something even more valuable; knowledge.
Plain and simple you "WILL" be a better tuner, and you "WILL" have a better sense of what functions change when you key the numbers into a cell. Every time you pull up a table to make a change in your tuning software you can actually run the mechanical functions through your head and visualize what will happen. I'm sorry if I sound like I am preaching from a soap box but I was having a conversation with someone about the wonders of MIVEC and how it was designed to work off hydraulic pressure and the person it was with was lost.
Now on to my next point for installing your own gear. No one else will treat you car or parts as good as you do. I get PM's all the time from people who have had a bad experience with a shop and need help to fix it because they dropped all their cash on the parts and install and now they are stuck without a car or a fix. All because they were trying to save a little cash and went to a lower rate shop that was giving a deal and come to find out there deal didn't turn out so good and the shop won't help.
Thats right I'm still preaching, and let me move on to my next point. $
Cold hard cash that ain't easy to come by right now. So wanna save some? PUT YOUR OWN PARTS IN! Take the you would have spent $ on having someone install your parts and buy the tools you need (If you need any) then not only can you do your car but you can have your buddy pay you to do his! BAM free cams/turbo/clutch whatever. They all take the same tools!
Lets put it this way Joey put his own cams in using my tools and it took him around 5 hours of actual work time to do it. This is also the same guy who took 3 days to install a AFR gauge granted with the gauge he did have directions in english with clearly marked wiring diagrams.... oh wait....
I would also like to mention that during this install it would be a perfect time to add in a turbo and injectors. If you’re not going to try and go crazy with big number horsepower and just want a bad *** daily driver you only need to go with 800cc or 1000cc injectors and a 50-55 lb/min turbo. On the stock pump it will get you well into the high 300's on a good Mustang dyno.
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=...NDEyYzky&hl=en
Discuss and add in your information and I will update accordingly
Last edited by hollywood_X; Mar 23, 2010 at 10:44 AM.
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Mar 23, 2010, 05:21 PM
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Excellent write up Hollywood, professional as well (very clear and detailed)! Cosworth should just pay you for this and include it with there cams as they are sold. 
Mar 23, 2010, 07:25 PM
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Nice write up. I totally agree with what you say about attempting your own installs, especially with the amount of resources readily available for these cars. Thanks Hollywood.
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Be VERY careful when torquing down the large cam cap that goes across both cams. VERY easy to snap in two and you can not buy a new one from Mitsu!!! Beware! I had to buy a new head since I must have not aligned bearings correctly when I was torquing down to measure the valve clearance. At least taking this chance to fully port it so not a total loss but what a pain!!!