I CAMMED my Daily Driven Foxbody. Was This a Mistake? 

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When I saw the mullet, I knew this dude meant business.

Every H.O. 5.0 Mustang had a double roller timing chain from the factory I'm pretty sure. Great video! 👍

Choppin like an old school kung fu flick with the bad dub over.

Huge old school machinist tip for removing broken bolts. I’ve been doing for many years. Heat the bolt with an oxy acetylene torch till cherry red. Map gas works too but takes longer. Use gulf wax (you can get at the grocery store)to quench the bolts at the block. Put your vise grip on it and 9 times outta 10 it’ll come out like butter. If it breaks again use the wax after you weld the nut on the end of it. Then replace all the hardware with stainless bolts.

I had an 87 notch way back in the day, had like 150k+ miles on it. Had gears, exhaust, simple bolt ons, stock long block. Ran mid/low 13s. But it did have a bit of oil smoke on accel. Raced lotta people with that car. I'd get those that would try to slam me after they'd lose..."Hey, your car smokes a bit." I'd just tell em, if you can see the smoke, ur losin... That shut em up. Have a 97 Cobra now I put intercooled Procharger on, 60lb injectors, tune, 430 RWHP and upper 11s @ 117 is quite a bit more fun.

there should be an oil baffle/shield mounted on the bottom of the lower intake right under the pcv valve hole.. if that shield is missing the engine will suck oil up through the pvc system into the intake... pull the pvc and its oil screen, look down through the pvc hole, if you can see the lifter galley then the shield is not there and most likely the cause of all the oil in your intake... good luck enjoy the channel. car has come a long way keep up the good work 🐴

Thank you for always explaining the parts and their triumphs and failures, I think your engineering background helps out with this. You have an analytical mind and can translate it well in your words.

As a former maintenance tech and a mechanial engineer who works on specifying bolt torques as part of my daily workload. THANK YOU for saying this. Seen so many people who just wrench on cars and go FT on everything, then have parts sheering and breaking off all over the place. There's a torque setting for a reason! Great to see good use of the correct tool for the job, including torque wrenches and correct settings.

Haven't heard an F303 cam in a 5.0 in a long time. Brings back many memories. Be careful of cylinder load up in parking lots. 😉

The distinct 302 straight piped sound….love it. Not a better sound in the world if you ask me

Had a fox with the exact same cam, '69 Boss 302 heads, fuel injection, custom spacers for the FI intake to fit the heads, 10.5:1 compression, and it ran totally fine as a daily. Great video! Brought back memories.

Car looks great and sounds terrific ! had 2 of those when i was younger . one was a 92 GT with a vortech supercharger and the other was a 91 GT with a 351 fully built and tremec t 3550 which had way more power than the supercharged one . Had the same gray vinyl and cloth interior as yours !

Thank you so much for the long idle clips and the sick drive-bys! Only thing didn't like about it was that there weren't more 😁. Keep up the good work brother!

First time seeing your channel and brother as a mechanic you make me proud the golden mullet clear easy instructions and I can tell you’ve done this for a minute! Great job actual hero and new subscriber🙏🏻🤠

Just some info from my 5.0 days.... Set timing at 13 degrees (stock is 10 degrees) with spout connector pulled. If that's a "bolt-down" rocker arm set, they are non adjustable. Just torque the bolts to spec. Love the Mustang content but it's making me want to get another one.

Chipping away on that project car. I love your channel as you stay with a project and as we get invested you don't just walk away from it and it's never seen again...

That car has came a long ways. Keep up the good work.

The condenser did not need to be disconnected or come out. You can pull it back and rotate it out of the way. There's enough slack in the lines. Hold it up with some bungee cords.

Car sounds great. The videos on this and the f100 are great. Keep up the good work.

Really like the way you explain what your doing. Very good video. Got to love the sound of a cammed SB Ford, it's like a rock concert. 👍👍👍👍

Put some anti-seize on those bolts, it works great for me. It sounds great! I have an X303 cam in my 86 GT, and I love it. It's been daily driven for years with no issues.

That honestly doesn’t get any better sounding, perfect. What’s your exhaust setup on this again? I’ve seen it in a video but it would take some digging

Sounds great! Love that 5.0 exhaust note.

Back in the day, Ford used to sell an "Air Adjuster" which mounted in between your throttle body and the IACV, which you could adjust with allen head screws to allow more/less air in to compensate for your cam upgrade. It stopped stalling and surging at low speeds for me.

Dude sounds great! Mine has a e303 and drive it daily work and everywhere you will love it.

I love that sound. I wish you had gone into more detail on installation, like how to time it.

I had a buddy in high school that got a retired fox body coupe highway patrol car at auction when he was 14. Him and his dad worked on it until he was 16, and that thing was a beast. 331 stroker, z303 “camzill” cam, heads ported by Mike Murillo’s shop, mini tubbed, 8 point cage, Tremec tko, and the list went on. It ran 10’s, but mainly raced on the street. It had single chamber flow masters, and the sound it made was wicked. 20+ years ago, we were doing everything we could as high school kids to run 13’s in trucks and 12’s or faster in cars. Now kids don’t even want to drive.

Good ol' Fox body.... Brings back memories. I owned two notch backs and the 93 cobra. Great cars! Wish I still had the cobra.... Good job, Safe travels Perry

Sounds great! The 302s have such a distinct sound.

Sounds great 👍🏻 thanks for the content and all the parts difference. Thanks 👍🏻

Had that issue with welded nuts snapping when removing some Subaru cam bolts. The lesson I learned was to let the bolt cool completely, say 10-15 minutes. Everyone says to heat bolts up, but when they get red hot from welding the thermal expansion is simply too much. I also welded something like 8 times on one of the bolts, until I left it for ages, came back and it cracked just fine.

I had the same car in High School....in 97!! I love your video's! Keep up all the great work.

Sounds good man👍. This car has come a long way in a short time.

I think the cam in my Foxbody Mustang is longer duration. I need to clean up this engine bay. Love the sound of yours.. It does sound good and has a ton of get up and go...a lot of great info on your site!

Awesome video. I haven’t owned a 5.0 foxbody in 10 years but I’m loving all these videos that keep showing on my feed

Makes me miss the 89lx 5.0 I had back in the day, looked just like this one, but had GT tail lights and a GT wing on the outside. Motor was a stock bottom with Edelbrock Performer heads and intake and the Ford B-303 cam, tried the F cam in it, but to me the B cam just sounded better. 24lb injectors, CAI, 373gears, shorty ceramic coated headers with O/R H-pipe and dumps, and a whole bunch of other things I can’t remember. Hated to get rid of it, but family is more important.

That thing sounds soooo good. So classic. Brings me back.

Hell yeah it sounds good. That is the cam I was going to go with but I may try out the Summit version.

those bolts can def ruin your day when your in a hurry. the welding of the nut on the broken bolt works most times, you seem to have had like the most trouble...just my luck as well. Glad you swapped it. I am about to put a GT-40 headed explorer 302 in my old 65 Ford truck. thanks for the inspiration.

Great job, sounds good! That's most beautiful foxbody Mustang I ever seen👍

Thing smokes more than Snoop Dogg 😃

Wicked man! Thanks for sharing ✌🏻

Sounds great! I can't wait to get my 89 going again.

Man, this brings back old memories. I had an 82 coupe. Loved that car. Now i need another one.

I always weld a flat washer to the bolt then weld a bolt to the flat washer. It’s been very handy because the washer is easier because of depth.

Wow your mustang has come a long ways. Nice video and job well done.👍

Dude 1. So glad I found your channel I love it. 2. I just moved to Sacramento from Iowa so this whole emission thing is cray. How do y'all mod your cars without issue ?? lol

Awesome as always love the longer videos

Hell yea man! That idle soundin nice and choppy but fkn nasty when you get on it.💯💨🙌

I have been a Fox enthusiast for quite some time now, even own two at the moment. I have gone through many phases of cam interests over the years. Started off with the more the better and let me tell you, had a few nasty omes in there lol. My kick lately has been with the factory HO cam and build a really good engine around that. Been playing with this for a while now. Right now my 86 has a 347 with 10.8:1 compression, 200cc aluminum heads, rpm intake with a 2V, 500cfm Holley and the factory HO cam. My last setup I put on the dyno was a 9.8:1 306 with 200cc Roush heads, rpm intake and 600cfm double pump with the factory HO cam. That made 360hp to flywheel. The new 347 combo will be hitting the rollers this spring at some point and I'm pretty curious to see what that'll lay down. Anyways, Ford on my man👍👍🍻🍻

Super high quality video! Subscribed

I enjoyed friend. Good content. Great old school sound.

Get you a few small solid carbide jobber length twist drills if you ever need to drill through that hardened stuff. We also use left hand drill bits at work and left hand taps to remove broken bolts

Casually changes cam while doing a routine water pump change out😅 I love it!

Might have been mentioned, but the lowers are known oil suckers with the small baffle at the bottom of the lower intake. Installing an oil/air separator between your pcv line and where it connects to vacuum may cure your smoking issue.

Great video and work. Miss my 98 snake 🤘🏼

Love Foxbody Mustangs, my first car was a '93 LX 2.3 Convertible, loved that car. Sold it and bought an '84 SVO, wish I had never sold that car, so much fun. I would love to get a 4-eyed hatchback 5.0.

I had a 85’ S10 blazer thru out the 90’s till 02’, with a ho 305 heads on a.45 over 350!! Had a 280 comp and it was a daily driver,I was a carpenter framer. So yes good move on saving your engine

First video Ive watched on this channel. Awesome. Gonna check out more

When ever I take a bolt out of an sbf front cover. I order one as well as a bolt kit. Lmr has decent deals on them.

Man, I love your Fox body! Because of your content I’m getting the hots for a 5.0….. it’s gotta be the Fox body, or the new gen Cobra…. One ore the other…. BTW, thank you for keeping your rims silver/ aluminum polished!

This brings back memories of doing all the wrench time on my 91 5.0 GT. If I had a good mentor back then, I would of still had it. I have way more resources now for my 2015 Ecoboost. But the stakes are way more with a professional build. I could pay cash for a modest house with my current project.

No...No that was not a mistake, that car sounds crispy. 👍👍 2 thumbs up my man🇺🇸

Ok 1 more I PROMISE!!! My first car was a '69 Mustang Grande with a 302. I swore up a blue streak when I first opened the hood and saw the cast iron toasters they used for exhaust manifolds. Ordered a full dual exhaust kit, Blackjack full length headers and turbo mufflers- from JC Whitney!!! Gained 50 hp made Mom mad when she had to borrow my car to go to work! But it sounded SO GOOD, actually pushed me back in the seat and impressed all my friends. Thanks for the wayback trip!

Pro tip weld a fender washer first before welding nut to remove broken bolt so it reduces slag and you can check if it's welded right.....plus much better control!

In my experience before I remove any water pumps or parts I always spend the day before soaking the bolts i'm going to remove with penetrating oil and it's worked great. I remember I had to replace some really rusted out headers on a car and I spent the entire day soaking them with Liquid Wrench and the next day every bolt came out like butter.

I love the Metal music played in the background while you’re working on it but, it’s the Typical RU-vid Rap Rhythm jams from scene to scene played over it. 😂 Love the video though! Beautiful car. My Motor in my ‘95 is essentially the same with the F303 as well.

Sick. Your mullet turned gold when it started!!

Sounds so badness! I need one for my 93 f150 I'm building! Love all the content man, and keep up all the awesome work!!

Love the videos Craig!! I'm putting a comp cam with 480 lift at 110 last in my 2.3 91 Ranger 🤣🤣

Sounds great! Nice work man…

I ran same cam and still got 22ish mpg, with 373s... that's running around 80mph from Montgomery, Alabama to Atlanta Motor Speedway (Fun Ford Weekend)... that's running 93 mixed with 5 gallons of 112.... you can smell that goodness

I stumbled across the factory (88) cam specs a while ago. At .050 intake duration is 210 & exh is 211. Lift is intake .444 exh .445. Unfortunately it did not detail lobe separation. The F303 .050 duration is 226 and lift is .512 so you definitely took a step up.

Granny shifting not double clutching like you should 😂

Nice vid, thanks for sharing!

Sounds great brother, cant go wrong with just old school

Currently stacking parts for my 94 GT vert. Got it cheap from family and it's bone stock. A few more parts and the budget build begins. All used parts but will transform it to mine

Great video, trick car, chill dude, successfully failed to resist the money pit. New sub.

In general I don’t care for mustangs, but I like this one, and I especially like the time you put into making this video for the world to watch.

Really sounds great and I love the car…. Great work

Man, I never loved Fox bodies but your car is sooo cool. The stance is perfect. Guess I love Fox bodies now!

First time watching your vids, love it man. When you said the rocker was rubbing on the cover I said to myself just die grind that shit back and then you said the same thing about 2 minutes later haha. I feel your pain with snapping easy-outs too, such a pain in the ass. I'd usually use an oxy-acetylene torch to warm it up to get things free but not sure how smart that is to do to an engine block... You got a new subscriber here, keep up the good work 🤙

Good job , lots of work goes into the cam swap in the car, sure would love some more Galaxy stuff cuz I’m old

Love the fox man I had a 93 fox I regret gettting rid of it . Now I got a 98 sn95 which I absolutely love 🤙🏼

I had 2 foxes back in the day, one with a Crane 2031 cam and one with a TFS stage 1. I miss those cars so much. I love my 2014 GT but nothing sounds as good as those old pushrod 5.0s

What a beautiful beautiful foxbody. Mines was dumped so really loud. But that’s sounds so sharp. Nice job

It sounds amazing good job on cam job and water pump

Love the fox bodies, that thing sounds great and looks amazing!

Ahhhh the old F303 cam. nice. Many had the B303 but on the true nut job goes with the F303.

Just a FYI as a long time foxbody guy. Parts stores sell a Water Pump Stud kit that replaces all the old corroded bolts for your water pump and its only like $15 or something. Part number is 23744 from Dorman.

Food for thought Craig, always put a big cardboard sheet under any vheicle, just in case of leaks😁. It will save ya many times of concrete power washing💦💨the driveway. Ounce of precaution is a pound of cure😁. Craig, a simple funnel to pour anything through😁.

Lord Have Mercy. That sounds Beautiful. Nice.

That’s got some chops… that sounds amazing

Love the ‘Stang videos. As you probably know from Lucky and Tony, the best way to wake up that Foxbody is to put a 3.73 rear end. But then that mpg goes to 💩 really quick. 😎

She sounds soooo good ❤ I know where you're at too, i used to live out there

Beautiful, the small block fords sound the best ever

As others have stated, attention to detail would have been an issue. Dirt and such in an open engine. True, a Hyd roller does not need the same break-in as a flat tappet, but I did not see you prime the oil system either. I am not a fan of the Fox bodies, however, I like the powertrains because they fit into my 1983 plus ranger pickups. As long as you are happy with your toy, then that is all that matters. I have used the E303 for my 4x4 ranger, and the 91 carbed explorer 4x4 with just fine results. The F would have been more than what was needed for their applications. Maybe I am however curious to see what a Republic of California legal car like yours would sound like with a larger diameter exhaust setup. Yes, I am subscribed and thank you for the vids

Sounds freaking rad!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

That “dammit” at 22:06……. I felt that