M20 camshaft.
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Can you change it without taking the head off.
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Yes.
I have swapped a camshaft with the engine fully assembled.The risk is that when you are turning the cam to release the rocker arms,there is every chance of valve/piston contact.To avoid this,once the cambelt has been removed,turn the crankshaft backwards(counter clockwise)a quarter turn,this places all pistons down their bores out of harm's way.
I swapped my camshaft with the engine out of the car,and found no real problems at all,however,with the engine in the car,you will have problems extracting the rocker shafts without marking them,and there are possible clearance issues around the kidney grille area.
I have swapped a camshaft with the engine fully assembled.The risk is that when you are turning the cam to release the rocker arms,there is every chance of valve/piston contact.To avoid this,once the cambelt has been removed,turn the crankshaft backwards(counter clockwise)a quarter turn,this places all pistons down their bores out of harm's way.
I swapped my camshaft with the engine out of the car,and found no real problems at all,however,with the engine in the car,you will have problems extracting the rocker shafts without marking them,and there are possible clearance issues around the kidney grille area.
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